document.write( "Question 54502: find the slope of the line that goes through the following points, i think it might be 6 but not sure..thanks\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #36762 by rchill(405) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The slope, m, is defined as $\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\"$ . It doesn't matter which ordered pair is $\"x%5B1%5D%2Cy%5B1%5D\"$ and $\"x%5B2%5D%2Cy%5B2%5D\"$ because you'll get the same answer. Using substitution we get $\"m=%28-5-1%29%2F%28-2%2B1%29\"$ , which reduces to $\"m=-6%2F-1\"$ , which simplifies to m=6. \n" ); document.write( "

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