how do i find the slope for (1,7) (3,6) i think the slope is negative because from left to right its going top to bottom

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how do i find the slope for (1,7)  (3,6) i think the slope is negative because from left to right its going top to bottom

accessdenied · Answer

your intuition of a negative slope is good.
slope is really defined as
  $  m = \dfrac{\text{rise}}{\text{run}} $
equivalently, we are simply finding the difference in y-values divided by the difference in x-values.

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anonymous · Answer

im not sure but i the slope would be 1/2 correct?

accessdenied · Answer

well, you did tell me the slope was negative.  1/2 looks positive.  :)

accessdenied · Answer

in the math sense, this difference of y-values going left to right is actually a -1 difference, because we are dropping rather than rising.