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What is the slope between the following points?

What is the slope between the following points?-example-1

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Answer:

slope m =
(2)/(9)

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )

let (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 2, 7) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (7, 9) ← 2 points on the line

substitute these values into the formula for m

m =
(9-7)/(7-(-2)) =
(2)/(7+2) =
(2)/(9)

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