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Vocabulary What characteristic of a graph represents the rate of change? Explain.
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The rate of change is a measure of how a quantity is changing with respect to another quantity. In the context of a graph, it is the change in the y-coordinate (vertical change or rise) divided by the change in the x-coordinate (horizontal change or run). Show more…
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