plotting and findind the slope of 2 points

candy101

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hi,

i need help on how to plot this,
the question says

" plot the points and find the slope of the line passing through the pair points"
(0,9) (6,0) ok so i got the slope 3/-2

but i dont know how to plot the point, should i plot it first before finding the slope? or after?

thanks
 
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Getting Slope

What am I missing? are you looking for help getting slope or plotting.

Easy way to get slope:

(5, -3) (4, 2)
x y x y

Slope is:

Different in y
------------(over)
Difference in x

Y: -3 ---- moves +5 to get to (difference)---- 2 = 5
X: 5 ---- moves 1 to get to (difference) ---- 4 = -1

So slope is 5/-1 or -5

Is that what you needed help with?

Trevor Doyle, Math Teacher
Mountain Oaks School
 
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