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A line crosses the points 0 comma negative 4 and 5 comma negative 1. Calculate its slope

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Sure, we can use the formula y2-y1/x2-x1 to get the slope. This gives us the points (0, -4) and (5, -1). We can do -1-(-4)/5-0. That gets us -1+4/5 = 3/5. Therefore, 3/5 is the slope.
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