SOLUTION: find the slope of the line that passes through two points (4,6) and (-3,5) m=?

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Question 207978: find the slope of the line that passes through two points
(4,6) and (-3,5)
m=?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Note: is the first point . So this means that x%5B1%5D=4 and y%5B1%5D=6.
Also, is the second point . So this means that x%5B2%5D=-3 and y%5B2%5D=5.


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


m=%285-6%29%2F%28-3-4%29 Plug in y%5B2%5D=5, y%5B1%5D=6, x%5B2%5D=-3, and x%5B1%5D=4


m=%28-1%29%2F%28-3-4%29 Subtract 6 from 5 to get -1


m=%28-1%29%2F%28-7%29 Subtract 4 from -3 to get -7


m=1%2F7 Reduce


So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is m=1%2F7