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Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-5, -3) and (0, -4).

User Andy Allison
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you use the y1-y2 over x1- x2 so it would be -3-(-4) / -5-0 which is 1/-5
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Answer:

To find the slope:


((y_(1) - y_(2)))/((x_(1) - x_(2))) =((-3-(-4)))/((-5-0)) =(1)/(-5)

Hope it helps!

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