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> slope represents rate of change You may as well say it represents a tangent. (Pun not entirely intended.)

• hobin 14y ago
  You could say that, but it would be wrong. A tangent is an equation of the form y = ax + b at point P, which just happens to have (well, by definition) a value for a that equals the rate of change at P (of the original equation).
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  • saraid216 14y ago
    I actually meant "tangent of theta is the length of the opposite over the length of the adjacent". A tangent line is ax + b.
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