find the slope of the line through the pair of points (6,12) and (-6,-2)

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austinl · Answer

Ok, so the formula for slope is this.
$$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$$
I would use the first ordered pair as the y&x sub 2's.
So using this, would you care to make an attempt?

anonymous · Answer

(0, 5)

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ -2+12 }{ -6+6}=\frac{ -14 }{ 6 }=\frac{ 7 }{ 6 }$$

anonymous · Answer

dawijr i got the same thing (0,5)

austinl · Answer

I get,
$$m=\frac{12-(-2)}{6-(-6)}$$
$$m=\frac{14}{12}$$
Which simplified is $$m=\frac{7}{6}$$
Very good!

anonymous · Answer

so (0,5) is right austinL

austinl · Answer

The problem presented asked for the slope of a line that went through the two points given. (0,5) is another set of coordinates.

anonymous · Answer

oooooooooohhh ok i get now

anonymous · Answer

0,5 is the midpoint

anonymous · Answer

yes

austinl · Answer

The problem didn't ask for midpoint, and that midpoint is under the assumption that the line is from (6,12) to (-6,-2).
The problem says that the line passes through the points which would lead me to believe that the line extends infinitely in each direction.

anonymous · Answer

i said the same thing

anonymous · Answer

Ok well she got the answer so........