document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40683>Question 40683</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you estimate slope? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26058 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26058\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> TO FIND THE SLOPE OF A LINE THROUGH TWO POINTS EXPRESSED AS X&Y SUCH AS \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(X1,Y1)&(X2,Y2) THE SLOPE IS FOUND BY SUBTRACTING THE Y1 POIT FROM THE Y2 POINT ANSD DIVDING THIS ANSWER BY THE SUBTRATION OF THE X1 POINT FROM THE X2 POINT\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THIS IS AN EXAMPLE: WHERE X1=0, Y1=6, X2=4, Y2=-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(0,6)(4,-4) GIVES A SLOPE OF (-4-6)/(4-0) OR -10/4 OR SLOPE = -2.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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