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Morgarella [4.7K]
3 years ago
5

Find the slope of the line that passes through (8, 3) and (6,2)

Mathematics
1 answer:
inn [45]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

m =  \frac{y_ 2 - y_ 1}{x_ 2 - x_ 1} =  \frac{2 - 3}{6 - 8}  \\ m =    \frac{ - 1}{ - 2}  \\  \therefore \: m =  \frac{1}{2}

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