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What is the slope of the line segment?15129601 2 3 4 50-30-303

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Ok, so:

To find the slope of the segment, we have to take two points:

Let's take: A(2,6) and B(1,3).

We calculate the slope as this:

m =( ( y2 - y1 ) / ( x2 - x1 )).

Where A( x1, y1) and B( x2, y2) are the points we took.

Then, m = (3 - 6) / (1-2), this is m = -3/-1, and that's equal to m=3

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