SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line through (0,6) and (8,0). I think to start I am supposed to take 0-6/8-0=-6/8 Then I am stuck.

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Question 292215: Find the slope of the line through (0,6) and (8,0).
I think to start I am supposed to take
0-6/8-0=-6/8
Then I am stuck.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the slope of the line through (0,6) and (8,0).
I think to start I am supposed to take
%280-6%29%2F%288-0%29=-6%2F8
Then I am stuck.

No you're not stuck, you have the answer, 
except you need to reduce the fraction 
-6%2F8 to -3%2F4.  That is the 
slope of the line, -3%2F4

The negative sign tells us that the line slopes
downward to the right, the 3/4 tells us that if we could
slide down the line to the right, we would move downward 
only 3/4 as fast as we would move to the right:

graph%28400%2C400%2C-2%2C10%2C-2%2C10%2C%28-3%2F4%29x%2B6%29

Edwin