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What is the slope of the line containing (-3,5) and (6,-1)

User Darly
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y2 - y1

---------

x2 - x1

(-3,5) (6,-1)

x1 y1 x2 y2

-1 - 5 -6 -2

-------- = ------- = ------

6 - (-3) 9 3

User Thedayturns
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Answer:

Slope is -2/3

Explanation:

What you do is use the formula y2-y1/x2-x1.

y1 and y2 are at the end of the parenthesis so y1 is 5 and y2 is -1.

x1 and x2 are at the beginning of the parenthesis so x1 is -3 and x2 is 6.

Then you put it into the formula:

-1-5/6-(-3)

This then equals -2/3.

-2/3 is the answer.

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