Slope of a straight line given a graph.

We are going to find the slope in a more visual way this time from a given graph generated with QuickGraph.

This time to find the slope of the line we are going to use a different technique and for that we need to follow the next steps:

1. Identify two points on the graph.
2. Use the equation. (m=rise/run)

Example:

Given the graph.

1. First of all you need to identify 2 points inside the graph, in this occasion we can easily see the points (0,2), (5,0).

2. Use the equation. (m=rise/run).

rise is the vertical distance between the two points, the rise is positive if you are going up otherwise is negative.

run is the horizontal distance between the points, the run is positive if you are going from right to left otherwise is negative.

As you can see in the image for this case our rise is going to be 2 because is the vertical distance between the two points and the run is going to be -5 because is the horizontal distance between the two points.

m=rise/run

m=2/-5

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