In comparison with a steep slope, a gentle slope

Smaller.

Explanation: A gentle slope is smaller.

The slope defines the rate of change of how a variable Y changes linearly with other variable X. If the slope is big, this means that an small chance in one variable X has a big impact on the variable Y, this is a steep slope.

The case for the gentle one is the oposite, a big change in the variable X has a small impact in the variable Y, yhis means that the  slope is smaller.

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