What is the slope of the straight line through points #(3,5)# and #(8,7)#?

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Shoaib
Dec 9, 2017

#2/5#

Explanation:

To recall, the equation of a slope is:

#(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)= Slope# ---- equation 1

So here we have two points,
(3,5) will be point 1. 3 will be x1 and 5 will be y1
(8,7) will be point 2. 8 will be x2 and 7 will be y2

So plugging these in to equation 1 we have,

#(7-5)/(8-3) = 2/5#

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