Given two points, A(x1,y1), B(x2,y2), find the slope of the line that connects them: (y2−y1) (x2−x1) A linear equation is written as y=mx+b Given two points, A(x1,y1), B(x2,y2), find the midpoint of the line that connects them: ( (x1+x2) 2 , (y1+y2) 2 ) √(x2−x1)2+(y2−y1)2