Have you been asked to calculate the slope of a line?
Think of jogging. If you want to go for a run up a slope in the morning, you must rise first before you run.
use the formula... slope = rise
run
Rise is the vertical distance between two points on a slope. Run is the horizontal distance between two points on a slope.
In this case, the rise is 2 and the run is 6.run so...
2 1
6 = 3
Convention says that lines that "fall" as they move to the right have negative slopes and lines that "rise" as they move to the right have positive slopes. I guess it depends on your point of view - are you going up or down the hill?
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