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a student finds the slope of a line between (14,1) and (18,17). she writes 1-17/18-14 what mistake did she make?
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a student finds the slope of a line between (14,1) and (18,17). she writes 1-17/18-14 what mistake did she make?

User Trrrrrrm
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She did not keep the order of the points the same in the numerator and the denominator.

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User Alon Shmiel
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slope is y2-y1/x2-x1
if this was set up correctly it would be 17 - 1/18 - 14
The student simply switched the places of the y change calculation.
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