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Find the slope of the line that passes through these two points.(-3, 4) (2,-1) slope: = ?

Find the slope of the line that passes through these two points.(-3, 4) (2,-1) slope-example-1
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Given data:

The first point given is (-3,4).

The second point given is (2,-1).

The slope of the line passing through the given points is,


\begin{gathered} m=(-1-4)/(2-(-3)) \\ =(-5)/(5) \\ =-1 \end{gathered}

Thus, the slope of the line is -1.

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