document.write( "Question 202837: how to compute the slope of the line segment determined by the pair of points(8,3) and (-6,9) \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Note: is the first point . So this means that \"x%5B1%5D=8\" and \"y%5B1%5D=3\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, is the second point . So this means that \"x%5B2%5D=-6\" and \"y%5B2%5D=9\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\" Start with the slope formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%289-3%29%2F%28-6-8%29\" Plug in \"y%5B2%5D=9\", \"y%5B1%5D=3\", \"x%5B2%5D=-6\", and \"x%5B1%5D=8\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%286%29%2F%28-6-8%29\" Subtract \"3\" from \"9\" to get \"6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%286%29%2F%28-14%29\" Subtract \"8\" from \"-6\" to get \"-14\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=-3%2F7\" Reduce\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is \"m=-3%2F7\"\r
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