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Slope Study Stack
This covers terms and questions related to slope.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slope | The steepness of a line on a graph, equal to its vertical change divided by its horizontal change |
| Negative Slope | Line falls from left to right |
| Positive Slope | line rises from left to right |
| Slope formula | (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) |
| Coordinate | (x, y) |
| Ratio | A comparison of two quantities by division |
| Rate of change | A ratio that compares the amount of change in a dependent variable to the amount of change in an independent variable |
| undefined slope | the slope of a vertical line |
| zero slope | the slope of a horizontal line |
| How to find the slope on a graph | rise over run |
| y-intercept | the y-coordinate of the point where the line crosses the y-axis |
| slope-intercept form | y=mx+b |
| x-axis | the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane |
| y-axis | the vertical axis on a coordinate plane |
| x-intercept | the x-coordinate of the point where the line crosses the x-axis |