diff --git a/guide/english/mathematics/finding-slope-from-graph/index.md b/guide/english/mathematics/finding-slope-from-graph/index.md index e260fde42e..d90c534dde 100644 --- a/guide/english/mathematics/finding-slope-from-graph/index.md +++ b/guide/english/mathematics/finding-slope-from-graph/index.md @@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ title: Finding Slope from Graph --- ## Finding Slope from Graph -This is a stub. Help our community expand it. - -This quick style guide will help ensure your pull request gets accepted. - - - -#### More Information: - + + +Let us consider the graph for `2x+3` + +![Image showing graph of 2x+3](https://graphsketch.com/render.php?eqn1_color=1&eqn1_eqn=2x%2B3&eqn2_color=2&eqn2_eqn=&eqn3_color=3&eqn3_eqn=&eqn4_color=4&eqn4_eqn=&eqn5_color=5&eqn5_eqn=&eqn6_color=6&eqn6_eqn=&x_min=-17&x_max=17&y_min=-10.5&y_max=10.5&x_tick=1&y_tick=1&x_label_freq=5&y_label_freq=5&do_grid=0&do_grid=1&bold_labeled_lines=0&bold_labeled_lines=1&line_width=4&image_w=850&image_h=525) + +To find the slope we need to take two points on the `x` axis and their perpendicular points on `y` axis then subtract two points of `x` axis to find change in `x` and two points on `y` to find change in `y` + +To find the slope use the formula slope = delta x/delta y + +where delta x = change in `x` +and delta y = change in `y` + +If we take `x1=2`, `x2=0` and `y1=7` and `y2=3` slope = (7-3)/(2-0) = `2`