how to find the slope of a line

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I have a question, would you do y2-y1 over x2-x1 on a positive slope or a negative?

Guest Feb 21, 2015

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Both, and you can use (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) or (y1-y2)/(x1-x2), they get you the same result

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Guest · Answer 1 · 2015-02-21T05:48:11

Both, and you can use (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) or (y1-y2)/(x1-x2), they get you the same result