Monday, July 6, 2009

How to find slope of two points

Topic:- Slope
Slope is used to describe the steepness, incline, gradient, or grade of a straight line. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline. The slope is defined as the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line, or in other words, the ratio of the altitude change to the horizontal distance between two points on the line. It is also always the same thing as how many rises in one run.

To find slope of two points when there is two points given ,we have to use the slope formula .


Question :-


Find the slope of (2,4) (3,7)
Answer:-

This math help is to find the slope

Let us assume that,

( 2 , 4 ) ( 3 , 7 )
x1   y1   x2  y2


The formula for slope is

 y2-y1
----------
 x2-x1

 7- 4
-------
 3- 2

  3
-----
  1

= 3 is the slope

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