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  • 04-06-2019
  • Mathematics
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The slope of the line passing through the points (2,7) and (-4, 8) is
-6
-1/2
-1/6

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helpisfortomorrow helpisfortomorrow
  • 04-06-2019

Answer:

I think is 1/6 the answer

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PoeticAesthetics
PoeticAesthetics PoeticAesthetics
  • 04-06-2019

Formula for slope is:

[tex]\frac{y_{2} -y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}[/tex]

In this case...

[tex]y_{2} =8\\y_{1} =7\\x_{2} =-4\\x_{1} =2[/tex]

so...

[tex]\frac{8-7}{-4-2}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1}{-6}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{-1}{6}[/tex] <---------------------------the slope of the line

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