How do you find the slope of (0,0); (-2,7) without a graph?

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How do you find the slope of (0,0); (-2,7) without a graph?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-19T04:03:27

The slope is $- \frac{7}{2}$ $-7/2$ or $- 3.5$ $-3.5$ .

Explanation:

To find the slope given two points without using a graph, we use the formula $\frac{rise}{run}$ $"rise"/"run"$ , or $\frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ .

Plug in the given points into the formula:
$\frac{7 - 0}{- 2 - 0} = \frac{7}{- 2} = - \frac{7}{2}$ $(7-0)/(-2-0) = 7/-2 = -7/2$

Therefore, the slope is $- \frac{7}{2}$ $-7/2$ or $- 3.5$ $-3.5$ .

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