Slope RiseRunx100 Rise is the height of triangle and Run is the width of a triangle. Some call the y-coordinates the rise and the x-coordinates the run. To find the slope you divide the difference of the y-coordinates of 2 points on a line by the difference of the x-coordinates of those same 2 points.
The slope of a line defines the steepness of the line and whether the line rises or falls.
Simplify the fraction to get the slope of -25. M Y 2 Y 1 X 2 X 1 The answer M is the slope of the line. The subscripts are only used to identify the two points. The formula to calculate slope is given as mfrac y_ 2-y_ 1 x_ 2-x_ 1 Where m is the slope of the line.