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A line has a slope of – 3 and includes the points (5, – 6) and (s, – 3). What is the value of s?

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{ \tt{slope = (y _(2) - y _(1) )/(x _(2) - x _(1) ) }} \\ \\ { \tt{ - 3 = ( - 3 - ( - 6))/(s - 5) }} \\ \\ { \tt{ - 3(s - 5) = 3}} \\ \\ { \tt{s - 5 = - 1}} \\ \\ { \tt{s = 4}}

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