SOLUTION: please help me solve the folowing prolem... Find the slope of the line that passes through the points(13,10) and (5,-7).

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Question 209350: please help me solve the folowing prolem...
Find the slope of the line that passes through the points(13,10) and (5,-7).
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please help me solve the folowing prolem...
Find the slope of the line that passes through the points(13,10) and (5,-7).
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Slope, m, = diffy/diffx
m = (-7-10)/(5-13) = -17/-8
m = 17/8