SOLUTION: How would you find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points in the following problem: (1/3,2/5),(-1/3,3/5). The answer is -3/10. I don't know how they got that
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Question 812144: How would you find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points in the following problem: (1/3,2/5),(-1/3,3/5). The answer is -3/10. I don't know how they got that. Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/5-3/5=-1/5 change in y
1/3-(-1/3)=2/3 change in x
slope change in y/change in x
-1/5/2/3
multiply 5/5
-1/(10/3)
multiply by 3/3
=-3/10
y = 1/2-(3 x)/10
