Key Words

Steep (adjective)
comparative adjective: steeper meaning - (of a slope, flight of stairs, angle, ascent, etc.) rising or falling sharply; nearly perpendicular. "She pushed the bike up the steep hill" Synonyms: precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous

Gradient (noun/adjective)
The meaning - the degree of inclination

slope (m) of any given line - its steepness, or slant - can be calculated like
m = change in y-value change in x-value

this:

The

y-intercept

of this line is the value of y at the point where the line

crosses the y axis. The equation of any straight line, called a

linear equation, can be written

as: y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.

Perpendicular / Parallel (adjective)

meaning meeting a given line or surface at right angles on a horizontal plane. meaning - lying in the same plane but never meeting no matter how far extended.

coordinate plane is formed by a horizontal number line, called the xorigin.

axis, and a vertical number line, called the y-axis. The two axes intersect at a point called the

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