..anyone know?
2007-03-19 15:49:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It means that as x is increasing, y is decreasing
2007-03-19 15:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Negative Slope Definition
2016-10-02 04:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is A Negative Slope
2016-12-26 06:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by sittloh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is actually simple, but it can be quite deceptive. If you have a distance vs time graph, the slope would represent the speed. If the graph is linear (in the form of y = mx + c), then the value of that speed is constant, i.e. constant speed. And that speed could only be positive, there's no such thing as negative speed. (The smallest value for a speed is 0, which means you're not moving) Thus, you would expect a distance vs time graph to have only positive slope, and no negative ones. If, however, you have a displacement vs time graph, then it is actually possible to have both positive and negative value. Since velocity is a vector quantity, the negative sign would simply indicate the direction of the velocity. Similar to the distance vs time graph, if the graph is linear, the value, or magnitude of the velocity is constant. Let's say you have a displacement vs time graph, which is represented by the equation : y = -2x For this particular graph, the negative slope would indicate a negative constant velocity. It does not mean that the velocity is reducing (it's in fact moving at a constant velocity), but the direction is now opposite than what we had declared as positive earlier. Similarly, a graph of y = 2x, would have the same magnitude for the velocity, but the direction is now changed..the particle is now moving in the opposite direction. Hope this helps, it can be a bit confusing sometimes..
2016-03-15 22:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is the meaning of a negative slope?
..anyone know?
2015-08-10 15:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A negative slope means that as the value of X increases, the value of Y decreases.
IE: Y=(-m)x+b
Or, more graphically, a line that looks like this.
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2007-03-19 15:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you are looking at a graph with a line sloping downward as you go from left to right. As you read the line from left to right, it is going down. A positive slope would read upward.
2007-03-19 15:53:23 · answer #7 · answered by cheetahgrrl623 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
positive slope goes upward right from the "x" axis; negative slope goes downward below the horizontal axis.
2007-03-19 15:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by watashi_56081 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
given y = mx + b
the m would be a negative number or
as the x increases, the y decreases
2007-03-19 16:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by rooster1981 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that whatever you are graphing/something is decreasing. the slope might look like this: \
2007-03-19 15:53:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋