If one line has a slope of −3 and another has a slope of 2, which line is steeper? Why?

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anonymous · Answer

By steeper, are you measuring the absolute gradient?

parthkohli · Answer

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parthkohli · Answer

Both kinds of lines are steep.

parthkohli · Answer

So, they can go up or down, but what you have to measure is the 'steep-level'.
You can do that by comparing the absolute values.

anonymous · Answer

If one line has a slope of −3 and another has a slope of 2, which line is steeper? Why?
slope with -3 is steeper 
it goes up 3 over 1 
slope of 2 goes up 2 over 1
so even though -3 is negative it is still steeper

this is what i had for the answer

parthkohli · Answer

Yes.

parthkohli · Answer

That is right.

anonymous · Answer

Agree with Sharron....  line m=-3 is steeper as its change in y over change in x is more!