Find the slope. A student finds the slope of the line between (8, 17) and (1, 4). She writes 17-41-8. What mistake did she make? What is the correct answer?

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Find the slope.

A student finds the slope of the line between (8, 17) and (1, 4). She writes
17-41-8. What mistake did she make? What is the correct answer?

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Slope is the difference in y over the difference in x. So 17-4/8-1. And rewritten as 13/7

Peter Bromberg answered Oct 31, 2018

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