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>SLOPE returns the slope of the linear regression line. This function is Excel compatible. </P
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>Let us assume that the cells A1, A2, ..., A5 contain numbers 11.4, 17.3, 21.3, 25.9, and 40.1, and the cells B1, B2, ... B5 23.2, 25.8, 29.9, 33.5, and 42.7.  Then</P
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>SLOPE(A1:A5,B1:B5) equals 1.417959936.</P
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>        <A
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