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  • Nov 2, 2009, 06:19 PM
    kikicutieface
    how do you find slopes using the formula: m=y2,y1 x2,x1
    :(
  • Nov 2, 2009, 06:31 PM
    Perito
    Quote:

    m=y2,y1 x2,x1
    Boy, you've got me since that's not an equation.

    However, if you say that (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2) are a pair of coordinates, you can get the slope of a line drawn through these two points from the formula



    Note that it doesn't matter which point you pick for X1,Y1 and X2,Y2

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