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Find the slope of the line that passes through (1, 6) and (10,7).Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, improper fraction, or integer.

User Lorina
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The slope between two points is given by:


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

plugging the values of out points we have:


\begin{gathered} m=(7-6)/(10-1) \\ =(1)/(9) \end{gathered}

Therefore the slope is 1/9.

User Christoph Deppisch
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