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Please help me with this-example-1
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Answer:

The slope of the line is -1.

Explanation:

To find the slope of any line given two points, we can use the following slope formula:


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

We can see that we have the two points: (1,4) and (3,2).

Let's let (1,4) be (x₁, y₁) and let's let (3,2) be (x₂, y₂). So, substitute:


m=(2-4)/(3-1)

Subtract:


m=-2/2

Divide:


m=-1

So, the slope of our line is -1.

Since it's negative, this tells us that is is going downwards.

And we're done!

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