SOLUTION: what does it mean to draw a line with a slope of 5

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Question 267219: what does it mean to draw a line with a slope of 5
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what does it mean to draw a line with a slope of 5
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Remember the definition of slope is "rise over run"
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A slope of 5 is actually 5%2F1 where rise = 5 and run = 1
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We can say for every 1 unit horizontally, we have 5 units vertially
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an equation y = 5x would look like this
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+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-5%2C+5%2C+-6%2C+7%2C+5x%29+
note when x (run) = 1, y (rise) = 5