What's the slope of the line ? And explain please

Mathematics

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tia_tia [17]3 years ago

5 0

You take the difference between any two y and divide by the difference in the corresponding x. The number should be the same always for a straight line. That's your slope. A fancy way of writing it is dy/dx

so: (10-2)/(3-1) = 8/2 = 4 (using the first two points)
or: (26-2)/(7-1) = 24/6 = 4 (using the first and the last)

try it out for other combinations. The answer is 4 every time.

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