SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line passing through the pair of points. (7, 6) and (–7, –6)

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Question 553101: Find the slope of the line passing through the pair of points.
(7, 6) and (–7, –6)
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Note: is the first point . So this means that x%5B1%5D=7 and y%5B1%5D=6.
Also, is the second point . So this means that x%5B2%5D=-7 and y%5B2%5D=-6.


m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29 Start with the slope formula.


m=%28-6-6%29%2F%28-7-7%29 Plug in y%5B2%5D=-6, y%5B1%5D=6, x%5B2%5D=-7, and x%5B1%5D=7


m=%28-12%29%2F%28-7-7%29 Subtract 6 from -6 to get -12


m=%28-12%29%2F%28-14%29 Subtract 7 from -7 to get -14


m=6%2F7 Reduce


So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is m=6%2F7


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