Q:

Why is the variable "M" used for slope In calculus

Answer

Slope used to be stated as the "modulus of slope" meaning "number used to measure." This is where the m comes from. ChaCha!

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Description: I believe (but am not sure) that what we now call just the "slope" was once called the "modulus of slope", the word "modulus" being used in its sense of "number used to measure" (as in "Young's modulus

Oct 02 2009, 10:37pm

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