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    What is a line that is defined as the ratio of vertical to horizontal distance it covers?

    Question #102514. Asked by star_gazer. (Jan 22 09 9:34 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		For any line, the ratio of the vertical to horizontal distance between any two points on the line is called its gradient or its slope.

    http://www.mathsisfun.com/gradient.html

    Jan 22 09, 1:15 PM

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