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How to find a positive slope.
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| No. To get a positive slope, the rise must go up and the run goes to the right, or the rise must go down and the rise must go to the left. | |
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How to find a negative slope.
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| Well what about a negative slope? | |
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| To get a negative slope, the rise must go up and the run go to the left, or the rise must go down and the run go to the right. | |
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| So a linear equation is a equation for a line. To find the slope, you must find the rise over run. To find the y-intercept, you find what point the line crosses the y-axis at? That's so simple ! | |
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