Exercise 16 Page 188

Substitute the given points into the Slope Formula.

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We are given a table of points that lie on a line.

x	- 2	0	2	4
y	3	4	5	6

We can calculate the slope by substituting only two points of the given table into the Slope Formula. m = y_2-y_1/x_2-x_1 Note that it does not matter which point we choose to use for ( x_1, y_1) and ( x_2, y_2), since the result of using the Slope Formula will be the same.

m=y_2-y_1/x_2-x_1

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Substitute ( - 2, 3) & ( 0,4)

m=4- 3/0-( - 2)

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Add and subtract terms

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a-(- b)=a+b

m=4-3/0+2

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Add and subtract terms

m=1/2

The slope of the line that passes through the given points is 12.

Subchapter links

1 Graphing Linear Equations p.187

2 Slope of a Line p.188

3 Graphing Proportional Relationships p.188-189

4 Graphing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form p.189

5 Graphing Linear Equations in Standard Form p.190

6 Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form p.190-191

7 Writing Equations in Point-Slope Form p.191

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