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Problem 13.308 · easy

Find the slope of the line through \( \displaystyle (2, -2) \) and \( \displaystyle (3, 2) \), say whether it is increasing, decreasing or horizontal, and give its equation in slope-intercept form.

\[ \frac{2 + 2}{-2 + 3} = 4 \]
Rise over run.✓ Proved
\[ 4 \left(x - 2\right) - 2 = 4 x - 10 \]
Point-slope form through (2, -2), then simplify.✓ Proved
\[ \left. 4 x - 10 \right|_{\substack{ x=3 }} = 2 \]
It passes through (3, 2) too.✓ Proved

Answer \( m = 4\ (\text{increasing}),\quad y = 4 x - 10 \)

Every line of this solution was proved by the computer algebra system SymPy. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. The reviewers disagree about how one step is explained; every verdict is in the receipt. How we verify

The full receipt

Line	Status	Checked by	Detail
1	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
2	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
3	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way	✓ Checked independently	sympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0	the line meets both points; its slope matches

Reviewers

gpt-oss:20b: pass
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) — The calculation of the slope in step 1 is incorrect; it computes (y1+y2)/(x2-x1) instead of (y2-y1)/(x2-x1). Although the final numerical answer happens to be correct, the method shown is mathematically invalid and would teach a student a false formula.

Every verdict on record (6)

qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) 2026-10-18 — The calculation of the slope in step 1 is incorrect; it computes (y1+y2)/(x2-x1) instead of (y2-y1)/(x2-x1). Although the final numerical answer happens to be correct, the method shown is mathematically invalid and would teach a student a false formula.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-18
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) 2026-10-16 — The slope calculation in step 1 is incorrect; it computes (y1+y2)/(x2-x1) instead of (y2-y1)/(x2-x1). Although the numerical result (4) is coincidentally correct, the method described ('Rise over run') is fundamentally wrong and would teach a student an incorrect formula.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-16
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) 2026-10-15 — The slope calculation in step 1 is incorrect; it computes (y1+y2)/(x2-x1) instead of (y2-y1)/(x2-x1). Although the numerical result (4) happens to be correct by coincidence, the method described ('Rise over run') does not match the algebra shown, which is mathematically invalid.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-15

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by generator:structured/lines_slopes, checked 2026-10-18 with SymPy 1.14.0.