blurrylizzy
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  • 01-06-2018
  • Mathematics
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State whether the slope of the line passing through (2, 4) and (5, 2) is positive, negative, zero, or undefined.

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jinc0930
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  • 01-06-2018
The slope must be negative
Since from 2 to 5, an increase in x value caused 4 to 2, a decrease in the y-value, we know that rise is -2 and run is 3. Therefore, we can tell the slope of the point to be -2/3, which is negative.
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5utdag3
5utdag3 5utdag3
  • 01-06-2018
Negative

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