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What is the slope of line segment E F?
A)1/3
B)3/2
C)2/3
D)-3/2

What is the slope of line segment E F? A)1/3 B)3/2 C)2/3 D)-3/2-example-1

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Explanation:

the picture even tells you the formula.

what ? you cannot do these simple subtractions yourself ? what don't you understand there ? please tell me, so that I can help you with that.

as the formula says, the slope is y difference / x difference between the 2 points.

E = (-2, -4)

F = (2, 2)

for the difference calculation it is just important that you do both in the same direction.

x difference = 2 - -2 = 4

y difference = 2 - -4 = 6

so the slope is 6/4 = 3/2

therefore, B 3/2 is the correct answer

that's it. that is all there was to this.

FYI - the slope indicates how many units y changes, when x changes a certain amount of units when you go from one point on the line to another.

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