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What is the slope of the line?

What is the slope of the line?-example-1

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Answer:

slope = 3

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 4, - 2) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (- 2, 4) ← 2 points on the line

substitute these values into the formula for m

m =
(4-(-2))/(-2-(-4)) =
(4+2)/(-2+4) =
(6)/(2) = 3

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