When you are finding the slope of a line using two points, it doesn't matter which point you choose to be (x1,y1) and which poin

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Gnoma [55]

3 years ago

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When you are finding the slope of a line using two points, it doesn't matter which point you choose to be (x1,y1) and which poin

t you choose to be (x2,y2)?

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mariarad [96] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-04T03:20:48+03:00

mariarad [96]3 years ago

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Typically if it is a linear function then it doesn't matter. However if it is a quadratic, cubic, and so on and so forth....( $x^{2},x^{3},x^{4}$ ) you may want to used the distance formula if you are not given any other points (with the exception of the vertex, asymptote or roots... etc).