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How to solve the slope of a equation?
 Nov 14, 2015

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Slope = rise/run or  \(slope=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

 

Or, if you have a straight line equation of the form y = m*x + c, then m is the slope.

 

More generally, if you have an equation of the form y = f(x), then the slope at any point is df(x)/dx

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 Nov 14, 2015
edited by Alan  Nov 14, 2015
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Best Answer

Slope = rise/run or  \(slope=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

 

Or, if you have a straight line equation of the form y = m*x + c, then m is the slope.

 

More generally, if you have an equation of the form y = f(x), then the slope at any point is df(x)/dx

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Alan Nov 14, 2015
edited by Alan  Nov 14, 2015

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