document.write( "Question 105424: I have this question 2x...different answers to pick from...please help me out??\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the slope of the line passing through the points (–2, 7) and (8, –1).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a.)5/4
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a.)0
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "how is this possible and can it broken down into steps?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #76752 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the slope

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\n" ); document.write( " Slope of the line through the points (-2, 7) and (8, -1)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+%28y%5B2%5D+-+y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D+-+x%5B1%5D%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+%28y%5B2%5D+-+y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D+-+%28x%5B1%5D%29%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+%28-1+-+7%29%2F%288+-+%28-2%29%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+%28-1+-+7%29%2F%288+%2B+2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+%28-8%29%2F%2810%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m+=+-4%2F5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Answer: Slope is \"m+=+-4%2F5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm not sure why there are two sets of answers, but it looks like the answer is D from the first set
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