document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=471034>Question 471034</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope of the line that passes through the given pair of points:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) (4,5) and (3,8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) (&#8208;2, &#8208;2) and (4, &#8208;4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-------- = slope<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) (4,5) and (3,8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 - 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 - 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--- = slope {subtracted on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = -3 {reduced}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) (&#8208;2, &#8208;2) and (4, &#8208;4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4 - (-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--------- = slope {substituted into slope formula}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 - (-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------- = slope {simplified on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--- = slope {added on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = -1/3 {reduced}<BR>\n" );
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