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108010 -8 -62IC-Find the slope of the line.Slope = m =Enter your answer as an integer or as a reduced fraction in the form A/B.Question Help: Video Message

108010 -8 -62IC-Find the slope of the line.Slope = m =Enter your answer as an integer-example-1
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The slope formula is givenb by:


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

To get the slope from the graph, we will pick out two points lying on the line:

Point 1: (x, y) = (-6, 10)

Point 2: (x, y) = (0, -8)

We will then proceed to use these points to calculate the slope, we have:


\begin{gathered} m=(-8-10)/(0--6)=-(18)/(6) \\ m=-3 \end{gathered}

The slope (m) = -3

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