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How do you find the slope of any line parallel to the line through points (5, 5) and (1, 6)?

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Jun 6, 2018

Find the slope of the line using the equation $\frac{y_{1} - y_{2}}{x_{1} - x_{2}}$ $( y_1 - y_2)/(x_1-x_2)$

Explanation:

$\frac{5 - 6}{5 - 1}$ $(5- 6)/( 5-1)$ = slope

This gives

$- \frac{1}{4}$ $-1/4$ = slope.

Any line with the slope of -1/4 will be parallel to the line described by the two points ( 5,5) and ( 1, 6)

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