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Ernie is . All of these points on the same line because the slope between (0, 0) and (3, 3) equal to -4.

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Answer:

Ernie is incorrect.

Explanation:

I suppose that we want to see if Ernie statement is correct or not.

Suppose that we have a line that passes through the points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂)

The slope of that line can be calculated as:

slope = (y₂ - y₁)/(x₂ - x₁)

In this case, we know that the line passes through (0, 0) and (3, 3), then the slope of this line is:

slope = (3 - 0)/(3 - 0) = 3/3 = 1

Then Ernie got the slope wrong, which means that he is wrong.

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