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Question 1160919: what is the slope of a line that passes through the points (5,3) and (7, -4)
Found 4 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic, rfer, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52782)   (Show Source):
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)  (Show Source):
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what is the slope of a line that passes through the points (5,3) and (7, -4) ?
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Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
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I always encourage students to practice calculating slope in a simple example like this by understanding and using the definition of slope -- instead of plugging numbers into a formula.
For simplicity, slope can be viewed as the ratio between how far you move up or down to how far you move to the right.
(7,-4) is to the right of (5,3), so consider moving (to the right) from (5,3) to (7,-4). In doing that, you move 2 to the right (+2), and you move 7 down (-7). So the slope is -7/2.
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