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What is the slope of the line shown below?

What is the slope of the line shown below?-example-1
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Answer:


m = \frac {1}{4}

Explanation:

Slope formula


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

Here


(x_1, y_1) = (-3, -1) \ \ and \ \ (x_2, y_2)= (5, 1)

Slope can be calculated as


m = (1-(-1))/(5-(-3))


m = (2)/(8) \\m = \frac {1}{4}

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