document.write( "Question 423006: Find the slope of the line containing the given pair of points. (1,-9) and (-2,-3) \n" ); document.write( "
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Note: is the first point . So this means that \"x%5B1%5D=1\" and \"y%5B1%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=%28-3--9%29%2F%28-2-1%29\" Plug in \"y%5B2%5D=-3\", \"y%5B1%5D=-9\", \"x%5B2%5D=-2\", and \"x%5B1%5D=1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%286%29%2F%28-2-1%29\" Subtract \"-9\" from \"-3\" to get \"6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%286%29%2F%28-3%29\" Subtract \"1\" from \"-2\" to get \"-3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=-2\" 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=-2\"\r
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