document.write( "Question 294500: What is the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points: (3, -8), (-5,2)\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #212340 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "You were doing fine all the way to \"10%2F%28-8%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Then you said that was = 8.  But it was equal to \"-5%2F4\", not \"8\"!\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points: (3, -8), (-5,2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"m=%28%282%29-%28-8%29%29%2F%28%28-5%29-%283%29%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"m=%282%2B8%29%2F%28-5-3%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"m=%2810%29%2F%28-8%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"m=-10%2F8\"\r\n" );
document.write( "That reduces to\r\n" );
document.write( "\"m=-5%2F4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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