document.write( "Question 98469: find the slope of (-3,2)and(4,1)
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$\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\"$ Start with the slope formula (note:

is the first point ( $\"-3\"$ , $\"2\"$ ) and

is the second point ( $\"4\"$ , $\"1\"$ ))\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=%281-2%29%2F%284--3%29\"$ Plug in $\"y%5B2%5D=1\"$ , $\"y%5B1%5D=2\"$ , $\"x%5B2%5D=4\"$ , $\"x%5B1%5D=-3\"$ (these are the coordinates of given points)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"m=+-1%2F7\"$ Subtract the terms in the numerator $\"1-2\"$ to get $\"-1\"$ . Subtract the terms in the denominator $\"4--3\"$ to get $\"7\"$ \r
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