SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line that passes through the pair of points. (-4,8)(7,-14)

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Question 557464: Find the slope of the line that passes through the pair of points.
(-4,8)(7,-14)
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Note: is the first point . So this means that x%5B1%5D=-4 and y%5B1%5D=8.
Also, is the second point . So this means that x%5B2%5D=7 and y%5B2%5D=-14.


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


m=%28-14-8%29%2F%287--4%29 Plug in y%5B2%5D=-14, y%5B1%5D=8, x%5B2%5D=7, and x%5B1%5D=-4


m=%28-22%29%2F%287--4%29 Subtract 8 from -14 to get -22


m=%28-22%29%2F%2811%29 Subtract -4 from 7 to get 11


m=-2 Reduce


So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is m=-2

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