Slope comes from the Latin root slupan for the word slip. The slope formula is conceptually defined as the rise over run. 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.
The slope formula is conceptually defined as the rise over run.
Sometimes it is too cumbersome solving the differential equation analytically. The formula becomes increasingly useful as the coordinates take on larger values or decimal values. The formula for finding the slope of a line on a coordinate plane is y2 - y1 x2 - x1 where x2 y2 and x1 y1 represent two distinct points on the line. M Y 2 Y 1 X 2 X 1 The answer M is the slope of the line.