SOLUTION: Find the slope of a line parallel to the line through the points (-3, -10) and (-9, 2)
If you can help it would be much appreciated!!! I'm extremely confused
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Question 560710: Find the slope of a line parallel to the line through the points (-3, -10) and (-9, 2)
If you can help it would be much appreciated!!! I'm extremely confused Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Anything parallel to this line will have the same slope. So all we need to do is find the slope of the line that goes through these points.
Note: is the first point . So this means that and .
Also, is the second point . So this means that and .
Start with the slope formula.
Plug in , , , and
Subtract from to get
Subtract from to get
Reduce
So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is
So therefore, any parallel line will also have a slope of -2.
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