The formula for the slope of the straight line going through the points X 1 Y 1 and X 2 Y 2 is given by. It can be a positive or negative value. Those two points of a line in general will have coordinates x1y1 and x2y2 for points 1 and 2 respectively.
Those two points of a line in general will have coordinates x1y1 and x2y2 for points 1 and 2 respectively.
The basic formula for a linear equation is y mx b where m is the slope. Thus if riserun 002 and the run is 150 the rise in feet is actually a drop. 002 150 feet 3 feet. We get slope by dividing the diffference of coordinates on the vertical axis y by the difference of the coordinates on the horizontal axis x.