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the following is a selected video from yourteacher.com where you can browse over 450 complete math lessons with example videos interactive practice problems self tests and more try a complete lesson today at yourteacher.com in algebra we use the word slope to describe how steep a line is and slope can be found using the ratio rise over run between any two points that are on that line so for the line you see here let’s use the points A and B to find its slope to get from point A to point B we would rise two units one two and run three units 1 2 3 so the slope of this line or its right y over run is 2 over 3 the variable that’s used to represent slope is M so for this line we would say that m equals 2/3 it’s important to understand that no matter what two points you choose along this line the slope or rise over run can always be simplified to 2/3