document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=132175>Question 132175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PLease help me solve this equation.I am suck.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A line is located  at (1,3) and (4,-2).Where is the slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got -5/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A line is located  at (1,3) and (4,-2).Where is the slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got -5/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let (1,3) = (a, b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let (4,-2) = (c, d)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = d minus b divided by c minus a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now plug and chug!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = -2 - 3/4 - 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = -5/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You did great!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This slope is negative, which means the line of this graph is slanted from the left side falling down to the right side of the coordinate plane.\r<BR>\n" );
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