SOLUTION: please help me with this question Is the slope of a line that rises from left to right positive or negative?

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Question 38313: please help me with this question Is the slope of a line
that rises from left to right positive or negative?
Answer by ilana(307) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is positive- test points to figure it out.
We know the line y=x has positive slope and goes up to the right (as numbers get "more positive"), and the line y=-x has negative slope and goes up to the next (as numbers get "more negative")