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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (2,
-5) and (4, 1)?

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Answer: 3

Explanation:

We can use the slope formula to calculate the slope of the line passing through these two points.


\displaystyle (y_(2) -y_(1) )/(x_(2) -x_(1) )=(1--5)/(4-2) =(1+5)/(4-2) =(6)/(2) =3

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