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The slope of the line passing through the points (2,7) and (-4, 8) is
-6
-1/2
-1/6

User VOX
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Answer:

I think is 1/6 the answer

User Simonnordberg
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Formula for slope is:


(y_(2) -y_(1))/(x_(2)-x_(1))

In this case...


y_(2) =8\\y_(1) =7\\x_(2) =-4\\x_(1) =2

so...


(8-7)/(-4-2)


(1)/(-6)


(-1)/(6) <---------------------------the slope of the line

Hope this helped!

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