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What is the slope of the line that contains these points?


xx
39
3939
40
4040
41
4141
42
4242

yy
36
3636
29
2929
22
2222
15
15

User Amit Merin
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slope: -7

To find the slope of a line, take 2 points from the line and plug it into this formula, y2-y1/x2-x1.

So,

x1= 39

y1= 36

x2= 40

y2= 29

29-36/40-39

Now simplify.

29-36/40-39

-7/1

-7

And there you have it! The slope of your line is -7.

Hope this helps!

Let me know if you need anything else :)

User Mindeh
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