A few days ago
Carlos C

determinethe slope of the line through each pair of points.?

(5,1) and (2,7)

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A few days ago
Twiggy

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The slope is defined as the change in y divided by the change in x. The change in y is 1-7 = -6, and the change in x is 5-2 = 3, so the slope is

-6/3

= -2.

If you plot the two points, you will see that the line slopes downwards as x increases, thus giving it the negative value. Hope this helps, Twiggy.

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A few days ago
SS
Hi Carlos, for your problem there’s a simple formula which is this :

m(slope) = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

Here y2=7, y1=1, x2=2, x1=5.

Therefore, slope, m = (7-1)/(2-5) = 6/(-3)

m = (-2)

Hope it helps. Bye!

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A few days ago
Anonymous
-2<-----the asnwer just do 7-1= 6=y and 2-5= -3=x and slope is y/x At least i think so...
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