Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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2. Slope of a Line
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Exercise 7 Page 150

Substitute the given points into the Slope Formula.

3/5

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We can calculate the slope by substituting the given points 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
m=2-( -1)/6- 1
m=2+1/6-1
m=3/5

The slope of the line that passes through the given points is 35.