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Which is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-2, 4) and (5, -1)

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Answer:

-5/7

Explanation:

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User Tachun Lin
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Answer:

m =
-(5)/(7)

Explanation:

The formula to find slope is :

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

Let us use the given two coordinates of the line to find the slope.

( -2 , 4 ) ⇒ ( x₁ , y₁ )

( 5 , -1 ) ⇒ ( x₂ , y₂ )

Let us solve now.

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

m =
(4-(-1))/(-2-5)

m =
(4+1)/(-7)

m =
(5)/(-7)

m =
-(5)/(7)

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