How do you find the slope of a line passing through the given points (3,3)and (4,0)?

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Alan P.
Apr 10, 2015

In general, given two points (x_1,y_1)(x1,y1) and (x_2,y_2)(x2,y2) the slope is given by the formula
m= (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)m=y2−y1x2−x1

Taking (x_1,y_1) = (3,3)(x1,y1)=(3,3)
and (x_2,y_2) = (4,0)(x2,y2)=(4,0)
the slope is
m= (0-3)/(4-3) = -3m=0−34−3=−3

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