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Question 1 of 10 What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-2, 7) and (2, 3)?

Answer 1

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We are asked to find the slope of the line that contains the points (-2, 7) and (2, 3).

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• Finding the slope is a piece of cake, as long as we use this formula:

$\star~\mathrm{\cfrac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}}$

Where:

y2 and y1 = y-coordinates

x2 and x1 = x-coordinates

Substitute the values, which gives us:

$\mathrm{\cfrac{3-7}{2-(-2)}}$

Upon simplifying this,

$\mathrm{\cfrac{-4}{2+2}}$

Upon simplifying this more,

$\mathrm{\cfrac{-4}{4}}$

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Answer 2

The slope of the line is -1