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What is the slope of the line on the graph?

What is the slope of the line on the graph?-example-1
User Ron Norris
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The slope is equal to
(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

That means we need two points --> (0, 4) and (6,2)

Now let us plug it into our equation:
(2-4)/(6-0) =(-2)/(6) =-(1)/(3)

Thus the slope is -1/3

Hope that helps!

User Adonias Vasquez
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