0
Did you mean the slope of a line/parabola/etc.? A slope, in its simplest terms, is how much a line angles away from the horizontal. It describes the steepness, sense, and incline of a line.
Finding the slope of a line requires two distinct point ON a line. It's given by the equation: a = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) where a is the slope, (x1,y1) are the coordinates of the first point, and (x2,y2) the coordinates of the second point. An equation for a straight line is usually represented as y = a*x + b; you could extract the slope by simply looking at the given values of a (the slope).
Finding the slope of a curve (parabola, etc.) is taken at the tangent point. As you move along the curve, the slope changes (i.e the slope is NOT constant). The slope of a curve can be found by taking the derivative of the function that defines the curve. After derivation, you just plug in the values of x at where you want to find the slope at.
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Fran
Professor
ViviAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is the steepness of a line on a motion graph is called a slope?
"Slope" is the steepness of the line on any graph.
How do you tell whether a graph shows a constant or variable rate of change?
The slope of each point on the line on the graph is the rate of change at that point. If the graph is a straight line, then its slope is constant. If the graph is a curved line, then its slope changes.
What is a slope on a graph?
The line on the graph that shows what the data is saying.
How do you know if the slope is zero from a graph?
A line on a graph with zero slope is a horizontalline.' Y ' is the same number at every point on the line.
Find the slope of the graph and describe what it means in the context of this problem?
The slope of the graph does not exist. And in the context of "this" problem it means absolutely nothing.
