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Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points ( -20, -4) and (-12, -10)

User Ethan May
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You can find the slope using the following formula:


\begin{gathered} m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) \\ \end{gathered}

Where:


\begin{gathered} (x1,y1)=(-20,-4) \\ (x2,y2)=(-12,-10) \\ m=(-10-(-4))/(-12-(-20))=(-6)/(8)=-(3)/(4) \end{gathered}

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