Question 292215
 Find the slope of the line through (0,6) and (8,0).
I think to start I am supposed to take 
{{{(0-6)/(8-0)=-6/8}}}
Then I am stuck.
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No you're not stuck, you have the answer, 
except you need to reduce the fraction 
{{{-6/8}}} to {{{-3/4}}}.  That is the 
slope of the line, {{{-3/4}}}

The negative sign tells us that the line slopes
downward to the right, the 3/4 tells us that if we could
slide down the line to the right, we would move downward 
only 3/4 as fast as we would move to the right:

{{{graph(400,400,-2,10,-2,10,(-3/4)x+6)}}}

Edwin</pre>