the slope goes by several names
• average rate of change
• rate of change
• deltaY over deltaX
• Δy over Δx
• rise over run
• gradient
• constant of proportionality
however, is the same cat wearing different costumes.
[tex](\stackrel{x_1}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{2})\hspace{10em} \underset{gradient}{\stackrel{slope}{m}} ~=~ \cfrac{1}{2} \\\\\\ \begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{point-slope form}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y-y_1=m(x-x_1) \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}\implies y-\stackrel{y_1}{2}=\stackrel{m}{ \cfrac{1}{2}}(x-\stackrel{x_1}{4}) \\\\\\ y - 2 = \cfrac{1}{2}x-2\implies y=\cfrac{1}{2}x[/tex]
