document.write( "Question 511920: find the slope of the line that goes through the following points (-1,1),(-2,-5) \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Note: is the first point . So this means that \"x%5B1%5D=-1\" and \"y%5B1%5D=1\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, is the second point . So this means that \"x%5B2%5D=-2\" and \"y%5B2%5D=-5\".\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=%28-5-1%29%2F%28-2--1%29\" Plug in \"y%5B2%5D=-5\", \"y%5B1%5D=1\", \"x%5B2%5D=-2\", and \"x%5B1%5D=-1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28-6%29%2F%28-2--1%29\" Subtract \"1\" from \"-5\" to get \"-6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28-6%29%2F%28-1%29\" Subtract \"-1\" from \"-2\" to get \"-1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=6\" 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=6\"\r
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