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How do you find the slope given (-5,5), (-7,-6) ?

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Nov 26, 2015

$m = \frac{11}{2}$ $m = 11/2$

Explanation:

The formula for slope is:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")$

where:
$(- 7, - 6) = (x_{1}, y_{1})$ $(-7, -6) = (x_"1", y_"1")$
$(- 5, 5) = (x_{2}, y_{2})$ $(-5, 5) = (x_"2", y_"2")$

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")$

$m = \frac{5 - (- 6)}{- 5 - (- 7)}$ $m=(5-(-6))/(-5-(-7))$

$m = \frac{11}{2}$ $m=11/2$

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