SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line passing through the points (1, 4) and (7, 2).

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Question 88025: Find the slope of the line passing through the points (1, 4) and (7, 2).
Found 4 solutions by checkley75, uma, jim_thompson5910, rapaljer:
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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SLOPE=(Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)=(2-4)/(7-1)=-2/6=-3 FOR THIS SLIOPE THROUGH THESE TWO POINTS.

Answer by uma(370) About Me  (Show Source):
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slope of the line passing through the points (1, 4) and (7, 2) = (2-4)/(7-1)
= -2/6
= -1/3

Good Luck!!!

Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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To find the slope going from (1,4) to (7,2) we are going to calculate the change in y over the change in x, or the rise over the run. The change is the difference between the two coordinates. So if the y-coordinate of a point goes from 4 to 2, the change in these numbers is -2 (since 2-4=-2). If the x-coordinate changes from 1 to 7, then the change is 6 (since 7-1=6). So to calculate the slope we use this formula:
Slope:
m=%28change_in_y%29%2F%28change_in_x%29=rise%2Frun where m is the slope
So now we let y%5B2%5D=2,y%5B1%5D=4,x%5B2%5D=7,x%5B1%5D=1Now plug these numbers into the slope formula:
m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29=%282-%284%29%29%2F%287-%281%29%29+=+-2%2F6

Which reduces to m=-1%2F3

So the slope is m=-1%2F3

Answer by rapaljer(4551) About Me  (Show Source):
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The correct answer is -1/3. The other tutor made a small error. Sorry about that.

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