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Determine the slope of the line passing through the points (5,6) and (-5,-1)m=____

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GIVEN:

We are given two points on a line and these are;


A=(5,6),\text{ }B=(-5,-1)

Required;

We are required to determine the slope of the line passing through these points.

Step-by-step solution;

The slope of a line is given by the formula;


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

The variables are;


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(5,6) \\ \\ (x_2,y_2)=(-5,-1) \end{gathered}

We can now substitute these into the formula and then simplify;


\begin{gathered} m=(-1-6)/(-5-5) \\ \\ m=(-7)/(-10) \\ \\ m=(7)/(10) \end{gathered}

ANSWER:

The slope of the line passing through the given points is;


m=(7)/(10)

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