How do you find the slope of (10, 0) and (0, 3)?

1 Answer
Jun 1, 2015

In general, for any two points (x_1,y_1) and (X_2,y_2) the slope is defined as:
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or
(Delta y)/(Delta x) = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

For the given points (10,0) and (0,3)
this becomes
slope = (3-0)/(0-10) = -3/10