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What is a slope is it y/x and what does it represent

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Answer:

slope represents the steepness of a line and can be found by taking any two points on the line and finding the difference of the y-values divided by the difference of the x-values

Explanation:

slope represents the steepness of a line and can be found by taking any two points on the line and finding the difference of the y-values divided by the difference of the x-values

the variable 'm' represents slope

m =
(y-y)/(x-x)

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