Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through (2, 5) and (–1, 5)?

Answer 1

slope is "m" \[m = \frac{ y_{2}-y_{1} }{ x_{2}-x_{1}}\]
maybe you can start there

Answer 2

2^2 - (-1^2) / 5^2 - 5^2

Answer 3

what do you mean by the "^2" ?

Answer 4

exponents

Answer 5

(to me, that means "power" or "exponent")

Answer 6

ahh! no no, not necessary here :-)

Answer 7

oh

Answer 8

the 2 and 1 in the original equation are just "names"

Answer 9

The first one "(2, 5)" is "1"
The second one "(-1, 5)" is "2"

Answer 10

(2,5) = ("first x", "first y)
(-1,5) = ("second x", second y")

Answer 11

so in English =

M = second y minus first y
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second x minus first x

Answer 12

thanks

Answer 13

:-)