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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (5,4) (6, 0)?

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Answer:

y=-4x+24

Slope is -4

Explanation:

1. Use the slope formula to find the slope of the line.

y2-y1/x2-x1

0-4/6-5 = -4/1

Slope = -4

2. Use point-slope to find the equation for the line.

y-y1=m(x-x1)

y-0=-4(x-6)

y-0=-4x+24

3. Simplify to put it in y=mx+b form.

y=-4x+24

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