coordinates

a pair of numbers that identifies a point on the coordinate planeā€”the first number is the x-value and the second is the y-value

risevertical change between two points
runhorizontal change between two points
slopethe ratio of the vertical and horizontal changes between two points on a surface or a line
slope formula

the equation for the slope of a line, written as http://www.nrocproto.org/texttabs/slopeformula_files/image001.gif, where m is the slope and (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the coordinates of two points on the line