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Pleas help me??? im looking for the slope

Pleas help me??? im looking for the slope-example-1
User DonCziken
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the equation for this is 2ndY - 1stY yours is -20 - (-8)
_________ ---------------
2ndX - 1stX -12 - (-3)

-16
____ simplifs to 16 over 9
-9



User Vinod Gubbala
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Slope is

S = y2-y1/x2-x1

x1 = -3 and y1 = -8
x2 = -12 and y2 = -20

Substitute
S = -20 - (-8)/-12 - (-3)

Simplify
S = -20 + 8/-12 + 3
Simplify
S = -12/-9
S = 4/3

User Mads Laumann
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