SOLUTION: What is a slope?

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Question 38860: What is a slope?
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Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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The slope defines the increase or decrease in the developing line of a graphed linear equation.

Answer by Dramamama0811(3) About Me  (Show Source):
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slope of a line is the amount a line is tilted in either a positive or a negative direction. You can find a slope by doing rise over run. The rise is the y axis and the run is the x axis. To find slope, do the rise over run