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Find the slope of the line passing through the points(-3,3) and(5,9) .

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The slope of a line passing through two points $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ is given by:

slope

=

2

1

2

1

slope=

x

2

−x

1

y

2

−y

1

Using the coordinates given, we have:

slope

=

9

3

5

(

3

)

=

6

8

=

3

4

slope=

5−(−3)

9−3

=

8

6

=

4

3

Therefore, the slope of the line passing through the points $(-3,3)$ and $(5,9)$ is $\frac{3}{4}$.

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