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What is the slope of the line through (-9,6) and (-6,-9)? Your answer must be exact.
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What is the slope of the line through (-9,6) and (-6,-9)?
Your answer must be exact.

User Maulik Savaliya
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The formula for slope is:


m=\frac{y_(2)-y_(1)}{x_(2)-{x_(1)}

So just plug in the values:


m=(-9-6)/(-6+9)=(-15)/(3)=-5

So
m=-5!
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