What is the slope between the points (2, 3) and (-3, 0)?

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amistre64 · Answer

since slope is defined as y/x; a visual way to do this is to draw a line and mark the points

amistre64 · Answer

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determine what you have to add or subtract to get from one side to the other; and that will be the slope

amistre64 · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

a more mathical approach could be to zero out one of the points

 (2, 3)     (-3, 0)
-2 -3
-----
 0 ,0

and what you  do to one point, do to the other


 (2, 3)     (-3, 0)
-2 -3      -2 -3
-----     -------
 0 ,0        -5,-3

then just stack y/x to define the slope:  -3/-5

anonymous · Answer

so the slope between the points (-6, 0) and (2, -9) would be 2.3?

amistre64 · Answer

lets check :)

(-6, 0) and (2, -9)
+6            +6
-----        -------
  0,0            8,-9  ; stack y/x .... its not 2.3

anonymous · Answer

how do you know if you're adding or subtracting?

amistre64 · Answer

just zero out one of the point, and what you did to it, do to the other one ....

amistre64 · Answer

which method are you trying to use?

amistre64 · Answer

if we try the line:

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