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Economic Definition of slope. Defined.

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Term slope Definition: A measure of the flatness or steepness of line. It can be thought of as the 'rise' over the 'run', that is the change in the variable on the vertical axis (rise) divided by the change in the variable on the horizontal axis (run).

 

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