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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points $(2, - 6)$ and $6, - 12)$ ? Write your answer in simplest form.

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$m = - \frac{3}{2}$

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Step 1 ： $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$

Step 2 ： $m = \frac{- 12 - (- 6)}{6 - 2}$

Step 3 ： $m = \frac{- 6}{4}$

Step 4 ： $m = - \frac{3}{2}$

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