Find the slope of the line passing through (-6, 5) and (-7, -2).

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amistre64 · Answer

they make a nifty little formula for this, or you can simply move it to the origin

amistre64 · Answer

$$slope=\frac{change~in~y}{change~in~x}$$
$$slope=\frac{y_1-y_o}{x_1-x_o}$$

anonymous · Answer

so what could the answer be

amistre64 · Answer

it will be whatever you get when you plug in the values into the formula ....

anonymous · Answer

idk how to do all that can u help??

amistre64 · Answer

you dont know how to subtract?  or divide? im not too sure where the confusion is.

one trick would be to take the points:  (x,y)  

and rewrite them as:  y
                                x

that way you just have to subtract across

anonymous · Answer

ok thx

amistre64 · Answer

if you want, you can give it a try, and ill see if i can correct any mistakes you make