To find the slope of the line, we measure the "distance" along the vertical and horizontal sides of the triangle, that is, the rise and the run, respectively. When a linear equation is solved for \(y\...To find the slope of the line, we measure the "distance" along the vertical and horizontal sides of the triangle, that is, the rise and the run, respectively. When a linear equation is solved for y, the coefficient of the x term is the slope m and the constant term is the y-coordinate of the y-intercept, say b.
