document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203281>Question 203281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the line containing the given pair of points and find slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6,5) (-1,-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 - 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 - 6 = -2/5?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just want to make sure, if my answer is right or could show me how?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(6,5) (-1,-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 - 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 - 6 = -2/5?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi.... you are close with your slope, but you got confused when you added your negatives.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's the formula for slope........   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO let's plug in your numbers.... <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-3+-+5%29%2F%28-1+-+6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-3+-+5%29%2F%28-1+-+6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember that subtracting is really adding the opposite, so, the above is actually......\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-3+%2B++-5%29%2F%28-1+%2B+-6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-3+%2B++-5%29%2F%28-1+%2B+-6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-8%29%2F%28-7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-8%29%2F%28-7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and because you have a negative divided by a negative, you get a positive.  SO your FINAL answer for the slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does that help? I hope so..\r<BR>\n" );
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