Question 1093160
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The slope is equal to the ratio:  slope = {{{(y_increment)/(x_increment)}}}.


y_increment = -4 - 2 = -6.

x_increment = 5 - 7 = -2.


Thus the slope = {{{(-6)/-2}}} = 3.
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There is nothing more simple than that.