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How do you find the slope of (6, -10), (-15, 15)

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So put the coordinates over each other. So that 6 is over -15 and -10 is over 15. What's on the left is x's and the right is y's. To go from 6 to -10 you have to subtract 16. To go from -10 to 15 you have to add 25. And since slope is y/x, the answer is 25/-16
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