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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (12,-3) and (-36,25)?
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What is the slope of the line that passes through
the points (12,-3) and (-36,25)?

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The slope is found by the change in Y over the change in X.

Slope = (25 - -3) / (-36 - 12)

Slope = 28 / -48

Simplify:

Slope = -7/12

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