gradient
What gradient means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The rate of change of the vertical variable with respect to the horizontal variable on a straight-line graph, calculated as change in Y divided by change in X.
The constant rate of change of y with respect to x on a non-vertical straight line; it is vertical change divided by horizontal change.
Topics that use gradient
- Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Exponentials and logarithms (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- angle in a semicircle
- Completing the square
- Continuous change
- Differentiation of exponential functions
- Eliminating the parameter
- Exponential function
- Exponential modelling
- inverse functions
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