document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=422255>Question 422255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the slope if it exists of the line containing the pair of points (5,0) and (0,-6) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope of a line is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y2 - y1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------- {the points have coordinates of (x1,y1) and (x2,y2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2 - x1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6 - 0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "------- [substituted coordinates into slope formula}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 - 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--- {subtracted on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 6/5 {simplified}<BR>\n" );
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