document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=187095>Question 187095</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with finding the slope because in math class today my teacher went over it and about rise and run, but i mostly forgot!!!!! Please help me!!!! some examples are { Find the slope of the line that passess through each pair of points. A(-10,6), B(-5,8). I think tha i'm sussposed to put it into a fraction... but im not sure?!?!?!?!? If you understand what is Private tutoring?? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           {P.S. i'm a 6th grader} </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's sometimes called rise over run, the \"rise\" being the change in vertical, the y-axis, and \"run\" the change in horizontal, x-axis, between the 2 points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For your example, find the rise by subtracting the y value of one point from the y value of the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diff in y = 8-6 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diff in x = -5 - (-10) = +5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is 2/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's all it is.  It's a fraction for this one, but it can be an integer, and it can be negative.  m is usually used for slope.<BR>\n" );
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