document.write( "Question 530135: What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (–2, 5) and (1, 4)? \n" ); document.write( "
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Note: is the first point . So this means that \"x%5B1%5D=-2\" and \"y%5B1%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=%284-5%29%2F%281--2%29\" Plug in \"y%5B2%5D=4\", \"y%5B1%5D=5\", \"x%5B2%5D=1\", and \"x%5B1%5D=-2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28-1%29%2F%281--2%29\" Subtract \"5\" from \"4\" to get \"-1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28-1%29%2F%283%29\" Subtract \"-2\" from \"1\" to get \"3\"\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=-1%2F3\"\r
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