Given points and in a coordinate plane, for what value of is the slope of the line through and equal to .
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Given points M ( − 2 , 7 ) and K ( 4 , y ) in a coordinate plane, for what value of y if the slope of the line passing through M and k is 2 − 3
From the definition of the slope we have:
4 − ( − 2 ) y − 7 = 2 − 3 ⟹ 6 y − 7 = 2 − 3
⟹ y − 7 = − 9 ⟹ y = − 2
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