Negative Slope<span>. </span>If<span> a line has a </span>positive slope<span> (i.e. m > 0 ), then y always increases when x increases and y always decreases when x decreases. Thus, the </span>graph<span> of the line starts at the bottom left and goes towards the top right. Thus, as x increases by 3 , y decreases by 4 , and as x decreases by 3 , y increases by 4 .
