SOLUTION: What is the slope of a line that with the points (2,4) and (4,-2)?

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Question 146382: What is the slope of a line that with the points (2,4) and (4,-2)?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope of a line is given by:

In your problem, (2, 4) are (,) and (4, -2) are (,)
Make the appropriate substitutions to get:
Simplify.

This is the slope.

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