Paper 2 · Co-Ordinate Geometry of the Line ⏱ Tested in 4 exam questions since 2019 Lesson 3 of 13

LCOL Co-Ordinate Geometry of the Line 3: Slope Formula

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You’ll learn

  • Find the slope from two points without a graph
  • Use the slope formula to find a missing coordinate

Formula used

Slope formula

m = (y₂ − y₁) / (x₂ − x₁)

On page 20 of the log tables — read it off, don’t memorise.

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