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Find the slope of the line containing the two points. (If an answer is undefined, enter UNDEFINED.)(−3, 1), (2, 7)

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In general, given two points, we can find the slope of a line by using the next formula


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

In our problem,


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(-3,1),(x_2,y_2)=(2,7) \\ \Rightarrow m=(7-1)/(2-(-3))=(6)/(5)=1.2 \end{gathered}

The answer is 1.2

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