Question

find a slope of the line that contains each pair of points: (-2, -6) and (4, 2)

Answer 1

The simplest way to do this is to use the formula where

$\frac{y(2)-y(1)}{x(2)-x(1)}$ 

is equal to slope. 

(2--6)/(4--2)= 8/6. 

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