document.write( "Question 582687: Find the slope of the line that passes through the given pair of points.
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is the first point

. So this means that $\"x%5B1%5D=-3\"$ and $\"y%5B1%5D=-3\"$ .\r
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is the second point

. So this means that $\"x%5B2%5D=5\"$ 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( " $\"m=%28-5--3%29%2F%285--3%29\"$ Plug in $\"y%5B2%5D=-5\"$ , $\"y%5B1%5D=-3\"$ , $\"x%5B2%5D=5\"$ , and $\"x%5B1%5D=-3\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=%28-2%29%2F%285--3%29\"$ Subtract $\"-3\"$ from $\"-5\"$ to get $\"-2\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=%28-2%29%2F%288%29\"$ Subtract $\"-3\"$ from $\"5\"$ to get $\"8\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=-1%2F4\"$ Reduce\r
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and

is $\"m=-1%2F4\"$
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