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Find the gradient of the line passing through (-2, 5) and (5, -5)

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Using rise over run, the gradient of the line would be the change in y over the change in x.
So it would be (-5 - 5)/(5-(-2)). This simplifies to -10/7. The gradient would be -10/7
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