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How do you find the slope of the line through points (-11,8), (1,-17)?

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lyza g. · Stefan V.

Nov 9, 2016

Simply express it as a ratio of the difference of the $y$ $y$ coordinates and the difference of $x$ $x$ coordinates.

Explanation:

$m = \frac{- 17 - 8}{1 - (- 11)}$ $m = ( -17-8) / (1- (- 11))$

$m = - \frac{25}{12}$ $m = -25/12$

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