The slope of the line that passes through the pair of point (5, 7), (2, 1) is 2
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that line that passes through the pair of point (5, 7), (2, 1)
To find: slope of the line
<em><u>The slope of line is given as:</u></em>
For a line passing through two points 
and 
slope is given as:
Here in this problem,
<em><u>Substituting the values in above formula,</u></em>
Thus the slope of given line is 2
There are 12 inches in a foot so we can work this problem out in inches 3/5 is 80%......80% of 12 inches is 9.6 inches ....1/4 is 3 inches and 2/3 is 8 inches so we have 9.6,3,and8 now we multiply 9.6*3*8 for the answer to be 230.4 inches squared
Y = -3x - 1......so we sub in -3x - 1 in for y in the other equation
2x + 5y = 12
2x + 5(-3x - 1) = 12....now distribute the 5 through the parenthesis
2x - 15x - 5 = 12...add 5 to both sides
2x - 15x = 12 + 5..combine like terms
-13x = 17...divide both sides by -13
x = -17/13
now sub in -17/13 for x in the other equation
y = -3x - 1
y = -3(-17/13) - 1
y = 51/13 - 1
y = 51/13 - 13/13
y = 38/13
so the solution is (-17/13, 38/13)
