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Find the slope of the line

from the table.
-5
-3
T
Y
10
6
2

Find the slope of the line from the table. -5 -3 T Y 10 6 2-example-1

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Answer: Your slope would be -2.

Explanation:

So for this, I'm going to use the points (-5,10) and (-3,6).

The regular slope formula is Y2-Y1 over X2-X1. (Make it like a fraction with the Y2-Y1 as the numerator and the X2-X1 as the denominator.)

The first part is to substitute your 2 coordinates into each variable.

Y2 - Y1 = 6 - 10 = -4. | X2 - X1 = (-3) - (-5) = 2.

The second part is to divide the -4 you got from the y-coordinates, by the 2 you got from the x-coordinates.

And a rule when dividing negative numbers is that if you divide a negative by a positive, the quotient is going to be negative.

Thus, your slope is -2.

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