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The line L goes through the points (5,9) and (-4,6). Find the slope of L.

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To find the slope of the line L that goes through two points - (5,9) and (-4,6), we need to use the formula for calculating slopes which is:

slope = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)


In the given points, the coordinates (5,9) can be taken as (x1, y1) and (-4,6) as (x2, y2).

First, let's calculate the difference of the y-coordinates (diff_y), which is y2 - y1. In this case, it would be:

diff_y = 6 - 9 = -3

Next, we calculate the difference of the x-coordinates (diff_x), which is x2 - x1:

diff_x = -4 - 5 = -9

To find the slope, we then divide the diff_y value by the diff_x value:

So, slope = diff_y / diff_x = -3 / -9 = 0.3333333333333333

Therefore, the slope of line L passing through the points (5,9) and (-4,6) is approximately 0.333.

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