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Lesson: Geometry Challenging - 27t01

Finding The Slope

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Task: What is the slope of a line that passes through the points (5,8) and (–2,6)? Use the slope equation to find the answer, type it into the text box, and then click Continue.

Slope =

Plug the numbers into the formula for slope. (Note: it doesn't matter which set of coordinates we designate as 1 and which we designate as 2. However, we cannot 'mix' coordinates by choosing from one set and from the other. We must be consistent.).

Plugging in, we find:

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