suppose you being at a point on a line with slope m and move h units in the x-di

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suppose you being at a point on a line with slope m and move h units in the x-direction. how many units must you move in the y-direction to return to the line? m= -3, h= 0.80 suppose you being at a point on a line with slope m and move h units in the x-direction. how many units must you move in the y-direction to return to the line? m= -3, h= 0.80 suppose you being at a point on a line with slope m and move h units in the x-direction. how many units must you move in the y-direction to return to the line? m= -3, h= 0.80

Explanation / Answer

The slope is the defined to be the (change in y) with respect to the (change in x), that is it represents how many times y increases( or decreases) for a change in x. For example a slope of 2 would indicate that for each 1 unit change in x, y increases by twice as much.

So here the slope is -3, so that means for each 1 unit change in x, y decreased by (-3) times as much. Since you move 0.80 units along the x direction, that means x changes by 0.80 units. Therefore the change in y would be -3*(0.80) = (-2.4).So you would have to move downwards (-2.4)units.

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