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Find the slope that passes throught the pair of points (4,4),(8,-2)

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The slope between two points is given by:


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

Then:


\begin{gathered} m=(-2-4)/(8-4) \\ =-(6)/(6) \\ =-1 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the slope between the points is -1.

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