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Polygon mnopq is dialated by scale factor of 0.8 with the origin as the center dilation resulting in the image MNOPQ the coordinates of point M are (2,4) and the coordinates of point N are (3,5). The slope of MN is?

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Answer:

1

Explanation:

The slope is given by the formula ...

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

slope = (5 -4)/(3 -2) = 1/1 = 1

The slope of MN is 1.

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Dilation does not change the slope.

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