During the fifteenth week of Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-Calculus, I learned how to use the slope formula to calculate the slope of line segments. Slope is the measure of the steepness of a line. Slope is the ratio of the vertical change over the horizontal change (rise over run). To calculate slope use the slope formula: m= y2 – y1 over x2 – x1 (m stands for slope). Although, if a variable is given rather than a number, find the value of the variable to calculate the missing length by applying the value of the slope. Labeling the y and x values first can help.
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