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Please help, you don't have to show your work. Like at all.

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The slope of the line is -2.

Solution:

Given points are (-3, -7) and (2, -17).

Here
x_1=-3, y_1=-7, x_2=2, y_2=-17

Slope of the line:


$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)


$m=(-17-(-7))/(2-(-3))


$m=(-17+7)/(2+3)


$m=(-10)/(5)

m = -2

The slope of the line that passes through the pair of points is -2.

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