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Find the slope of the line

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Solution

We can use the following points from the graph:

(0,-2) and (2,1)

And we can find the slope on this way:


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(1+2)/(2-0)=(3)/(2)

Then we can find the intercept on this way:

1= 3/2 (2)+b

b= 1-3= -2

Then the equation would be:

y= 3/2 x -2

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