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What is the slope of BC in the simplest form?

What is the slope of BC in the simplest form?-example-1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The slope of BC can be calculated

Slope = rise/run

In this case, the rise is the height of the blue triangle and the run is the base of the blue triangle, so

Slope = 2/6 = -2/6

To simplify the slope, we need to divide by 2, so


\text{Slope}=-(2/2)/(6/2)=-(1)/(3)

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