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What is the slope of the straight line through points (2,8) and (4,6) ?
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What is the slope of the straight line through points (2,8) and (4,6) ?

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The slope is -1

Use the formula:
(y_(2) - y_(1) )/( x_(2) - x_(1) )
Or in this case:
(6-8)/(4-2)
Once you simplify, you should get:
(-2)/(2) which simplifies further to -1
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