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What is the slope of the line that contains these points? х 5 6 7 8 у -3 -1 1 3 slope:

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p1( 5, -3) and p2(8,3)

the slope is:


\text{slope}=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)=(3-(-3))/(8-5)=(3+3)/(3)=(6)/(3)=2

slope = 2

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