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How do you find the slope of y axis - (0,3) and x axis - (-2,0)?

Answer 1

Eva Abramson

See a solution process below:

The formula for find the slope of a line is:

#m = (color(red)(y_2) - color(blue)(y_1))/(color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1))#

Where #(color(blue)(x_1), color(blue)(y_1))# and #(color(red)(x_2), color(red)(y_2))# are two points on the line.

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

#m = (color(red)(0) - color(blue)(3))/(color(red)(-2) - color(blue)(0)) = (-3)/-2 = 3/2#

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Answer 2

Jameson Allen

To find the slope between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), use the formula:

slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

For the points (0, 3) and (-2, 0):

slope = (0 - 3) / (-2 - 0)

slope = -3 / -2

slope = 3/2

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