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Find the slope: numbers are: (1,-3) and (-5,-4)

Find the slope: numbers are: (1,-3) and (-5,-4)-example-1
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The slope should be 1/6. If you count using rise/run you count up 1 and over 6. Therefor the slope is 1/6.
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(-3 - (-4))/(1 - (-5))

=
(-3 + 4)/(1 + 5)

= 1/6

Answer: the slope is 1/6

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