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A line with a slope of -10 passes through the points (a,-2) and (3,8) what is the value of a

User Onenowy
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Slope formula: y2-y1/x2-x1

We can fill in what we have.

= 8-(-2)/3-a

= 10/3-a

For the slope to be -10 the only number that can make the slop true is when we used 4.

= 10/3-4

= 10/-1

= -10

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