What is the slope of the tangent?

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slope=tanθ=(y“-y’)/(x“-x’)=measure of inclination of the line with the positive x-axis. where (x’,y’) and (x“,y“) are the coordinate of any two points on the line.
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slope of tangent is dy/dx
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Tan(theta) or you can use (y2-y1)/(x2-x1).
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Slope = dy/dx.
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Physics and maths ,java,j2ee

Differential of y/ differential of x.
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For the curve y=f(x) slope of tangent is dy/dx.
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dy/dx
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