document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=494456>Question 494456</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find a slope of the line through the pair of points <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-1/3,0) and (-1/2,-1/2) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(-1/3,0) and (-1/2,-1/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope, m = diffy/diffx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = (0 + 1/2)/(-1/3 + 1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = (1/2)/(1/6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would call it \"the slope\", not \"a slope.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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