Just about every introductory physics lab should have some type of graph. Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu. ... The slope of the linear function that fits the data actually means something.

How to Find the Slope of a Line on an Excel Graph. In math and statistics, you may occasionally need to calculate the slope of a line generated by coordinates in the (x,y) format.

For many, it's the start of a new semester of physics labs. That means there are new students in that introductory course. Of course, no one is really 100 percent ready to start these labs---but ...