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If the slope is 3/4 what does the 4 tell us to do?

It means we need to move 4 spaces to the
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in the positive direction

User Joeeee
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Answer:

The 3 tells you to move 3 spaces up and the 4 tells you to move 4 spaces to the right.

Explanation:

All slope can be visualized as "rise over run" meaning the top number is how far you go up or down depending on whether it is positive or negative and run can be visualized as how far to the right you move or if it is negativ, how far to the left.

User Bitterblue
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Hey there!

3/4 means Rise/Run. Guess why the rise is called the rise and the run is called the run.

The 4 tells us to move 4 units in this direction:

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That was meant to represent an arrow.

Hope it helps!


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