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Question 55022: Please, I need help!
Find the slope of a line that passes through (1,7) and (3,3). Please start with showing me the general formula for slope of a line.
Thanks,
DB
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, funmath:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To find the slope, m, of a line that passes through the two given points, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), use the formula:
In your problem, the given points are: (x1, y1) is (1, 7) and (x2, y2) is (3, 3).
If you now make the appropriate substitutions into the slope formula you will have found the slope of the line.
 Simplify this to get:
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the slope of a line that passes through (1,7) and (3,3). Please start with showing me the general formula for slope of a line.
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Hi DB
To find the equation of a line we need a point and a slope. We have a point, but no slope. We can find a slope (m)if we're given 2 points by using the slope formula: 
Our (x1,y1)=(1,7) and (x2,y2)=(3,3)
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I should have stopped here. You only asked for the slope. I got carried away and gave you the equation of a line. You'll be doing that soon if you aren't already, so I'll leave it here.
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Now we have a point (x1,y1)=(1,7) and a slope m=-2, so we can find the equation of the line using the point slope formula:  .
 <----slope intercept form 
 <---Standard Form  .
Happy Calculating!!!
funmath
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