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What is the slope, of the line that passes through, the points (3,7) and (7,14)

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(\stackrel{x_1}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{7})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{7}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{14}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{14}-\stackrel{y1}{7}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{7}-\underset{x_1}{3}}}\implies \cfrac{7}{4}

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