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How do you find the slope of the line containing the pair of points (2,0) and (0,-1)?

Answer 1

Eli Assouline

#1/2#

Finding slope (#m#) using two points: #(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)#, where #(x_1, y_1)# and #(x_2, y_2)# are the two points.

Plug the points in:

#(-1-0)/(0-2)#

#(-1)/(-2)#

#1/2#

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Answer 2

Eva Abramson

To find the slope of a line passing through two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂), you can use the formula: slope = (y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁). Plugging in the values, slope = (-1 - 0) / (0 - 2) = -1 / -2 = 1/2. Therefore, the slope of the line containing the points (2,0) and (0,-1) is 1/2.

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