document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1128412>Question 1128412</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the slope of the line that passes through the points (-6, -4) and (7, -5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One way to find the slope is to blindly plug numbers into the magical slope formula,<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I recommend NOT finding the slope that way.  It's too easy to get the wrong numbers in the wrong places and end up with the wrong slope -- especially if you aren't sure of the meaning of the x1, y1, x2, and y2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You will have a much better understanding of the whole concept of slope if you get the answer by drawing a quick rough sketch of the two points and the line containing them.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is a measure of how much you go up or down compared to how far you go forward, when \"walking\" along the line from left to right.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this problem it is 13 \"steps\" from -6 to +7; in taking those 13 steps forward, you go down 1, from -4 to -5.  So you went down 1 step in taking 13 steps forward; the slope is -1/13. </SPAN>\n" );
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