document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=914051>Question 914051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to solve this problem. Thank you in advance for helping to solve this problem. Have a great day. Here is the question? Find the slope of the line passing though the given points:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,8) and (-2,15) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #554846 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=554846\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula for slope means vertical change divided by horizontal change.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If your points are (x,y) and (u,v) then the slope of these two points is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28y-v%29%2F%28x-u%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28y-v%29%2F%28x-u%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The values to use ARE GIVEN in the problem description.  SUBSTITUTE THEM INTO THE FORMULA and evaluate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are supposed to evaluate or compute this:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2815-8%29%2F%28-2-%28-2%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2815-8%29%2F%28-2-%28-2%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and you should find something wrong with this expression.  Do you know what this is?  What does this mean?  What does this line look like as a graph? </SPAN>\n" );
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