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Find the slope that passes through (0,3) and (7,-2)

thank you

Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This solver uses a decimal value for slope. I prefer to leave the slope as a fraction (-5/7) in this case. Choice is yours
Solved by pluggable solver: FIND EQUATION of straight line given 2 points
hahaWe are trying to find equation of form y=ax+b, where a is slope, and b is intercept, which passes through points (x1, y1) = (0, 3) and (x2, y2) = (7, -2).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation , or . From that,
intercept b is , or .

y=(-0.714285714285714)x + (3)

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