document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18062>Question 18062</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when you figure a slope of a line:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "during the process when you are at the point of using x's coeffiecent, (for example: 3/1)  when you would go up three,  would you ALWAYS turn right and go over the next number? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think the answer to your question is 'Yes' (as long as the rise and the run are both positive.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, slope = rise/run\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the slope is 3/1, then you move up 3 units (in the positive direction) and to the right 1 unit (in the positive direction).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the slope = -3/1, then the negative sign can go before the rise or it can go before the run.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, slope = (-3)/1 means you go down 3 units (because the rise is negative), and you go to the right 1 units (because the run is positive).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If slope = 3/(-1), then you go up 3 units (because the rise is positive), and you go to the left 1 unit (because the run is negative).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "~ Mark<BR>\n" );
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