Probably an easy one for you guys.
Find the Gradient of points (-3,4) (5,-2)
I keep getting -6 over 8.
If you could explain how you got the answer and where I'm going wrong that would be great!
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Probably an easy one for you guys.
Find the Gradient of points (-3,4) (5,-2)
I keep getting -6 over 8.
If you could explain how you got the answer and where I'm going wrong that would be great!
the gradient (slope) is defined as.
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Originally Posted by ConotM8350
As stated the slope is the rise for a given run. So in your example:
x=8 (-3,5) and y = -6 (4,-2) so the slope is -6/8 or -0.758
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you are correct ...Quote:
Originally Posted by ConotM8350