SOLUTION: How can you tell what a negative slope is and a positive sole is?

SOLUTION: How can you tell what a negative slope is and a positive sole is?

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Question 153525: How can you tell what a negative slope is and a positive sole is?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As you look at the graph from left to right (increasing x), if the line is going up(increasing y), slope is positive.

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If it's going down (decreasing y), slope is negative.

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If it's horizontal (constant y), slope is zero.

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