Question

Find the slope of a line that passes through the

following ordered pairs. Reduce to lowest
terms.
(8,7) & (4,5)

Answer 1

`-(1)/(2)`

Explanation:

To find the slope you can use the slope equation:

`slope = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)`

Let's define the terms in the equation:

y2 = 5

y1 = 7

x2 = 4

x1 = 8

Now, let's put these into the equation and solve:

`slope = (5 - 7)/(4 - 8) = -(2)/(4) = -(1)/(2)`

Therefore, the slope is -1/2.

I hope this helps!!

- Kay :)