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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (2,-5) and (4,1)

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Slope is the rise/run of the line. With the rise being how far apart the two points are on the y axis, and the run being how far apart the two points are on the x axis.

In this case, the first point is 6 units down from the other and 4 units over from it. (6/4) then from there you would simplify your fraction. (Both numerator and denominator can be divided by 2).


Your slope in total is 3/2. Hope this helped.

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