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Slope of a Line

Skill Practice!

Find the slope of each line.

1. 2.

Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.

3. A(1, –5), B(6, –7) 4. C(7, –3), D(8, 1) 5. E(7, 2), F(12, 6)

6. G(8, –3), H(11, –2) 7. J(5, –9), K(0, –12) 8. L(–4, 6), M(5, 3)

9. CAMPING 10. ART
A family camping in a national forest builds a A rectangular painting on a gallery wall measures 7
temporary shelter with a tarp and a 4-foot pole. The meters high and 4 meters wide. What is the slope
bottom of the pole is even with the ground, and one from the upper left corner to the lower right corner?
corner is staked 5 feet from the bottom of the pole.
What is the slope of the tarp from that
corner to the top of the pole?

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