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by bruin61579 » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:37 pm
Hi,

I'm trying to reacquaint myself with coordinate geometry. On page 137 of the 12th edition, there's a graph with two points: (-2,4) and (3,-3). How do you determine which pair is (x1, y1) and which pair is (x2, y2), for the slope formula?

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by jaymw » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:56 pm
From your example:

(-2,4) & (3,-3)
(x1,x2) & (y1,y2)

So the slope is: (-3-4)/(3-(-2))= -7/5 = -1.4

The order of the given points does not matter though.

(3,-3) & (-2,4)

Slope: (4-(-3))/(-2-3) = 7/(-5) = -1.4

The only thing you have to remember is that points in the coordinate plane are always given as (x-coordinate,y-coordinate). With that in mind, you can't go wrong.
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by Anurag@Gurome » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:04 pm
bruin61579 wrote:Hi,

I'm trying to reacquaint myself with coordinate geometry. On page 137 of the 12th edition, there's a graph with two points: (-2,4) and (3,-3). How do you determine which pair is (x1, y1) and which pair is (x2, y2), for the slope formula?

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It does not matter at all. You can see below:
If (x1, y1) = (-2, 4), and (x2, y2) = (3, -3)
Then slope = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (-3 - 4)/(3 + 2) = -7/5

If (x1, y1) = (3, -3), and (x2, y2) = (-2, 4)
Then slope = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (4 + 3)/(-2 - 3) = -7/5

So, it can be seen that the slope is the same. I hope that helps.
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