How do you find the slope of the line that passes through the given points (0, 6) and (20, 14)?

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Nov 9, 2016

Use the slope formula to find #m=2/5#

Explanation:

Find the slope of the line through #(0,6)# and #(20,14)#

The formula for slope (#m#) is

#m=frac{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.

Let #(color(blue)(x_1), color(blue)(y_1)) = (color(blue)0, color(blue)6)# and #(color(red)(x_2), color(red)(y_2))=(color(red)(20), color(red)(14))#

#m=frac{color(red)(14)-color(blue)6}{color(red)(20)-color(blue)0]=8/20=2/5#

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