The slope is the rise over the run. What is the rise? What is the run? The rise is the change from one point to another on the Y axis. The run is the change in the X axis. The slope is usually in the form of a fraction. Lets say that you have the ordered pairs (2,5) and (3,7) what is the slope?
TO find the slope you start on the first pair. (2,5) then you count how much change is in the X axis in this example there is a change of 1. So one goes on the bottom of your fraction. Now you want to find the change in the Y axis which in this example is 2 ,so your fraction is now one over two. That is the slope.
TO find the slope you start on the first pair. (2,5) then you count how much change is in the X axis in this example there is a change of 1. So one goes on the bottom of your fraction. Now you want to find the change in the Y axis which in this example is 2 ,so your fraction is now one over two. That is the slope.
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