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Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph at the given point.
-$$f ( x ) = 2 x - 9 \text { at } ( 8,7 )$$
A) 9
B) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
C) 2
D) $- 9$

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The slope of the tangent line to the graph of a linear function is the same as the slope of the function itself, which is the coefficient of $x$. For $f(x) = 2x - 9$, the slope is $2$.

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