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slope  

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  • In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter m is used for slope, but its earliest use in English appears in O'Brien (1844) who wrote the equation of a straight line as "y = mx + b" and it can also be found in Todhunter (1888) who wrote it as "y = mx + c".
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope)

En otras lenguas

  • francés

  • coefficient angulaire
  • coefficient directeur

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