QUESTION 8
Graph the line containing the given pair of points and find the slope.
$(- 7, 0) (- 1, - 1)$

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$m = \frac{- 1}{6}$

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Step 1 ： $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ with $(x_{1}, y_{1}) = (- 7, 0)$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2}) = (- 1, - 1)$

Step 2 ： $m = \frac{(- 1) - (0)}{(- 1) - (- 7)}$

Step 3 ： $m = \frac{- 1}{6}$