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The tangent of the inclination of a line is called its:

ARadius
BLength
CSlope
DChord
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Slope
1. The inclination fixes how steeply the line rises. 2. Taking the tangent of that angle measures the steepness. 3. That value is called the slope, or gradient. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 10, Straight Lines._
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