document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=79358>Question 79358</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072538953/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> determine the slope of the line that goes through each pair of points, (0,4) and (5,0) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope, m  = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28y2+-+y1%29%2F%28x2+-+x1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28y2+-+y1%29%2F%28x2+-+x1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here, according to the given data, the points are:  (0,4) and (5,0) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope, m = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%280+-+4%29%2F%285+-+0%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%280+-+4%29%2F%285+-+0%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> m = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-4%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-4%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, this slope that the line has a negative slope. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, the solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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