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What is the slope of the line containing the ordered pair (2, 3) and (-4,0)?
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What is the slope of the line containing
the ordered pair (2, 3) and (-4,0)?
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2021-08-05T00:29:50+00:00
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Answer:
The slope of the line passing between these points is 1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
slope is equal to the difference vertically divided by the difference horizontally, moving left to right.
In this case, (2, 3) is further left, so we’ll subtract (-4, 0) from that.
(2, 3) – (-4, 0) = (6, 3)
So we know the displacement is (6, 3) and we need simply delete dy by dx:
s = Δy/Δx
s = 3/6
s = 1/2
So we have a slope of one half, describing a line that moves up, left at a 45 degree angle from the horizontal.
Answer:
slope =
Step-by-step explanation:
Calculate slope m using the slope formula
m =
with (x₁, y₁ ) = (2, 3) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (- 4, 0)
m =
=
= 