Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
-12 is closer to 0 than -41 would be therefore -12>-41.
Looking at a number line, -41 is farther from 0 than -12.
See the image below.
The farther left a number is on a number line, the smaller it is.
The farther right a number is on the number line, the larger is it.
So:
-12 > -41
Since you only need two points to determine the slope, we use the first two, (0,15) and (2,9). The slope formula is (y2-y1)/(x2-x1), so (9-15)/(2-0)=(-6/2)=<em>-3</em>
