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What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-1,2) and (4, 3)?

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Answer:

slope =
(1)/(5)

Explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 1, 2 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (4, 3 )

m =
(3-2)/(4-(-1)) =
(1)/(4+1) =
(1)/(5)

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