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What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-2,6) and (6,-3)?
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Answer:
-(9)/(8)

Explanation:

If you are given two points of a line, the slope is defined as rise/run. Rise is the difference in y coordinates, (think about it, going UP is RISING), and Run is the difference in x coordinates, (again its pretty intuitive.)

So Slope =
(y_(2) - y_(1))/(x_(2)-x_(1))

This can be calculated with the coordinates of the two points, (order wont matter youll get the same answer).

Slope = (-3-6)/(6-(-2)) = -9/8

OR, (going the other way)

Slope = (6-(-3))/(-2-6) = 9/-8 = -9/8

Easy!

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