Comments on: Logic and the Humanities (repost) http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/5.html Kyle and Anne Haight: Annoying People In Stereo Since 1971 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:22:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kyle Haight http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/5.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Kyle Haight Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:18:16 +0000 http://www2.leftist.org/haightspeech/?p=5#comment-5 I took a whack at this, but the blog ate it and I don't feel like retyping it all. Short version: a straight line can have 4 behaviors. It can slant upwards, it can slant downwards, it can be horizontal or it can be vertical. Horizontal lines have a slope of 0. Vertical lines have an infinite slope. Lines that slant upwards have a positive but finite slope; the steeper the slant the larger the slope. Lines that slant downwards have a negative slope; the steeper the slant the more negative the slope. I took a whack at this, but the blog ate it and I don’t feel like retyping it all.

Short version: a straight line can have 4 behaviors. It can slant upwards, it can slant downwards, it can be horizontal or it can be vertical. Horizontal lines have a slope of 0. Vertical lines have an infinite slope.

Lines that slant upwards have a positive but finite slope; the steeper the slant the larger the slope. Lines that slant downwards have a negative slope; the steeper the slant the more negative the slope.

]]> By: Candice Smith http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/5.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Candice Smith Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:14:31 +0000 http://www2.leftist.org/haightspeech/?p=5#comment-4 I am currently inrolled in a intermediate algebra course in college. My professor gave me a question to answer, but I don't understand it because it is in technical terms. The question is, there are four graphical behaviors of linear equations. What are they? How can each graphical behavior be determined by evaluating their slopes? Can you help me with this assignment in a language that I can understand? I am currently inrolled in a intermediate algebra course in college. My professor gave me a question to answer, but I don’t understand it because it is in technical terms. The question is, there are four graphical behaviors of linear equations. What are they? How can each graphical behavior be determined by evaluating their slopes? Can you help me with this assignment in a language that I can understand?

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