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

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8090 [49]4 years ago

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slope is -3

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use slope equation, shown in picture hope this helps

aivan3 [116]4 years ago

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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

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