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What is the slope of the line (-1 ,-7) and (3,9)?
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What is the slope of the line (-1 ,-7) and (3,9)?

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Answer:

slope = 4

Explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 1, - 7 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (3, 9 )

m =
(9-(-7))/(3-(-1)) =
(9+7)/(3+1) =
(16)/(4) = 4

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