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What is the slope of the line that contains these points?

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What is the slope of the line that contains these points? - 1 6 11 -2 - 1 0 slopes-example-1

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Answer:

1/5

Explanation:

The slope is given by the slope formula:

m = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)

Using the first two points in the table, we have ...

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

m = 1/5

The slope is 1/5.

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