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Let's look at this in a way
that will get us that formula for crunching slopes from two
points:
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Look at the
as

That is what gets us that
familiar formula:
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In math and science, we often
use a Greek capital "D"... delta
(
)...
to represent a "change".

A Calculus notation you'll see
a LOT ditches the Greek letter part and uses
"d's"...

It's a simple thing from
Algebra, but the slopes of lines are going to be REALLY
important in Calculus.
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