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What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-2,5) and (6,-3)

User Gowire
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Your slope is -1 your welcome
User Igor Cantele
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Hello!

To find the slope, you divide the difference in the y-values by the difference in the x-values as shown below.


(-3-5)/(6+2) =-(8)/(8)= -1

Therefore, our slope is -1.

I hope this helps!

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