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3 years ago

Find the slope of a line that passes through (-2,1) and (4,9)

Mathematics

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melamori03 [73]3 years ago

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Answer:

m = 4/3

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the slope of a line use the formula, where "m" means slope:

$m=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }$

*You don't need to show this part on paper*

Choose which point you want to be point 1 and point 2. Remember the points are written (x, y).

Point 1: (-2, 1) x₁ = -2 y₁ = 1

Point 2: (4, 9) x₂ = 4 y₂ = 9

Substitute the coordinates into the formula:

*Show this part on paper*

$m=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }$

$m=\frac{9-1 }{4-(-2) }$ Simplify

$m=\frac{8 }{6 }$ Reduce by dividing by 2

$m=\frac{4 }{3 }$ Slope

The slope of the line is 4/3

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