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Find the slope of a line, which passes through the origin, and the mid-point of the line segment joining the points P (0, – 4) and B (8, 0).

The co-ordinates of mid-point of the line segment joining the points P (0, – 4) and B (8, 0) are

The slope (m) of the line non-vertical line passing through the point (x1, y1) and


(x2, y2) is given by


The slope of the line is passing through (0,0) and (4,-2) is


The required slope is


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