the slope goes by several names
• average rate of change
• rate of change
• deltaY over deltaX
• Δy over Δx
• rise over run
• gradient
• constant of proportionality
however, is the same cat wearing different costumes.
[tex](\stackrel{x_1}{2}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-5})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{6}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{6}-\stackrel{y1}{(-5)}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{3}-\underset{x_1}{2}}}\implies \cfrac{6+5}{1}\implies 11[/tex]
