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How do you find the slope of a line?
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EmilyLove.

by EmilyLove. at May 22, 2010

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Y2 - Y1  <- Over X2 - X1 In other words.... Y2-Y1 <- Numerator X2-X1 <- Denominator Hope this helps! :)
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BigCatz BigCatz May 22, 2010

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Well the first thing to remeber is that the slope is the rise of a line over the run. Basicall if you have a line that passes through the origin (0,0) and also the point (2,2) then it has risen twice and gone over twice so you are left with the problem of 2/2 which equals one. Also if you have an equation in slope intercept form which is mX+B=Y then m= your slope.
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Roecker001 Roecker001 May 23, 2010

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I suggest that you check out these videos:http://www.brightstorm.com/math/algebra/linear-equations-and-their-graphs/definition-of-slopehttp://www.brightstorm.com/math/algebra/linear-equations-and-their-graphs/finding-the-slope-of-a-line-from-a-graphhttp://www.brightstorm.com/math/algebra/linear-equations-and-their-graphs/finding-the-slope-of-a-line-from-2-pointshttp://www.brightstorm.com/math/algebra/linear-equations-and-their-graphs/finding-the-slope-of-a-line-from-an-equationHope it helps,Kamel
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KamelSadr KamelSadr May 23, 2010

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the change in y over the change of x
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gibby. gibby. May 23, 2010

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You find the slope of a line by taking the two points and subtracting them from each other in the formula y/x. You should get a number that represents the rise/run of the line on a coordinate plane.
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Sadie Sadie May 23, 2010

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