SOLUTION: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line through the points (8,6) and (-12,-10).

Question 647925: What is the slope of a line parallel to the line through the points (8,6) and (-12,-10).
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathLover1:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the slope of a line parallel to the line through the points
(8,6) and (-12,-10).
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slope = (6--10)/(8--12) = 16/20 = 4/5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

first find the equation of a line through given points (8,6) and (-12,-10).
recall that parallel lines have the slope

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) = (8, 6) and (x2, y2) = (-12, -10).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation , or . From that,
intercept b is , or .

y=(0.8)x + (-0.4)

Your graph:

this line has slope ; so any other line parallel to this one will have same slope
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