Slope from a GRAPH

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What is the slope of a horizontal line?

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0

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What is the slope of a vertical line?

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How do you calculate the slope of a line given two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

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Slope (m) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

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What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

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The line rises from left to right.

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What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

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The line falls from left to right.

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What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y = 2x + 3?

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2

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What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y = -1/2x + 4?

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-1/2

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If a line has a slope of 3, what does this mean in terms of rise over run?

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For every 3 units up (rise), the line goes 1 unit to the right (run).

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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (1, 2) and (4, 5)?

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1

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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 3) and (2, 7)?

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