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Find the slope of the line that passes through the pair of points listed below.

(-2, -3), (6,5)

User Yudhiesh
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Finding the slope using two points:

The formula for slope is


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

In this case...


y_(2) =5\\y_(1) =-3\\x_(2) =6\\x_(1) =-2

^^^Plug these numbers into the formula for slope...


(5-(-3))/(6 - (-2))


(8)/(8)

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^^^This is your slope

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