Question 422255
"find the slope if it exists of the line containing the pair of points (5,0) and (0,-6)"


Slope of a line is:
y2 - y1
-------- {the points have coordinates of (x1,y1) and (x2,y2)
x2 - x1


-6 - 0 
------- [substituted coordinates into slope formula}
0 - 5


-6
--- {subtracted on top and bottom}
-5


= 6/5 {simplified}
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