What is the slope of the straight line through points (2,8) and (4,6) ?

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The slope is -1

Use the formula:
(y_(2) - y_(1) )/( x_(2) - x_(1) )

Or in this case:
(6-8)/(4-2)

Once you simplify, you should get:
(-2)/(2)

which simplifies further to -1

Tiye answered Sep 20, 2018

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