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espie0820 espie0820
  • 09-04-2015
  • Mathematics
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Find the slope of the line that contains these two points.

(2, -5) and (7, -10)

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belcatya
belcatya belcatya
  • 09-04-2015

m=\(\frac{y1-y2}{x1-x2}\)=\(\frac{-5-(-10)}{2-7}\)=\(\frac{5}{-5} =-1\)
 Answer: slope is -1

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TSO
TSO TSO
  • 09-04-2015

\(\sf Slope= \frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

Where \(\sf (x_1,y_1), (x_2,y_2)\) are the two points.

So

\(\sf Slope = \frac{ -10-(-5)}{7-2}=\frac{-10+5}{7-2}=\frac{-5}{5}=-1\)

So the slope of (2,-5) and (7,-10) was \(\boxed{ -1}\)

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