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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (-2, 6) and (1, -3)

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The slope is -3/1

If you graph the points and draw straight line through them you with get a line of the equation y=-3x. According to y=mx+b, m is the slope
User Marko Kohtala
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Answer:

slope is -3

Explanation:

use slope equation, shown in picture hope this helps

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (-2, 6) and (1, -3)-example-1
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