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A student found the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4,-7) and (2,-2) to be 5/6. What mistake did he make?

A student found the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4,-7) and (2,-2) to be 5/6. What mistake did he make?
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A student found the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4,-7) and (2,-2) to be 5/6. What mistake did he make?

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(-7) - (-2) = -7+2 = -5
But he wrote 5
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