Slope Greater than 1: is slope of -25/6 counted as being....

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parsons9

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If I have a slope that is -25/6, does it count as a slope greater than one? My concern is the negative of the slope. I don't know whether it counts.
 
Re: Slope Greater than 1

parsons9 said:
If I have a slope that is -25/6, does it count as a slope greater than one? My concern is the negative of the slope. I don't know whether it counts.
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Please explain

In what context, you are concerned with slopes greater than one?

Please give us an example - the answer to your question will depend on the "context" of the question. In engineering/physics problem, we are often concerned with the absolute value of the slope (e.g. something rolling/sliding down hill).
 
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I just have a graph with 5 lines and the qestion is: Do any of the lines have a slope greater than 1? If so which ones? The slopes are 40/3, 10/9, 10/3, -25/3, and -80/11.

Do the negative slopes count?
 
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What does your textbook or class notes say?

In this case, in the absence of any other clue, I would think these are referring to values of the slopes - hence negative slope is less than zero (strictly my opinion - refer to your class notes and text-book)
 
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Thats what im having trouble with because it doesn't say either way. Thank you for your opinion. I agree with you, but I'm just not sure.

Thanks
 
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