document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=988922>Question 988922</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. (2,-7),(5,-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. (-2,-3),(0,-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. (4,-1.5), (4,4.5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph the line passing through the given point with the given slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. (-3,-1),m=-1/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1. (2,-7), (5,-5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: Slope is 2/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The others are done the same way.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4. (-3,-1),m=-1/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using slope intercept form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-1/5)x+b Put in values for point given and solve for b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1=(-1/5)-3+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-5/5)=(3/5)+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-8/5)=b Substitute this for b to get the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b is the y intercept, so one point is (0,(-8/5)).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(-1/5)x+(-8/5) Set y=0 to get x-intercept.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0=(-1/5)x+(-8/5) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8/5)=(-1/5)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8=x The x-intercept is (-8,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph the two points and draw a straight line through them.<BR>\n" );
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