SOLUTION: what is the slope of the given pointts: (1,4) and (3,1)?

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Question 400087: what is the slope of the given pointts: (1,4) and (3,1)?

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the slope formula:



where and are the coordinates of the given points.

And by the way, your question is stated improperly. A pair of points does not have a slope. The line containing that pair of points has a slope. Hence, properly couched, your question is: "What is the slope of the line containing the given points?"

John

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