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Find the slope of line represented by the data below

Find the slope of line represented by the data below-example-1
User Photonic
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Answer:

-4

Why? I subtract the numbers. How to do that is by looking at the table. You always use two ordered pairs. Let's choose (-3,12) and (-2,8).

Step 1: Choose two ordered pairs (you can choose any two, it doesn't matter).

Now, subtract the y's together and subtract that x's together. So, what is 12-8? That's obvious, it's 4. Alright, how about -3-(-2)? Well, two negatives make a positive, so the problem is actually -3+2. So, what's that? Correct, -1. And, since slope is y/x, the answer would be -4/1, or -4.

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