Question

What is the slope of a line passing through (-5, 5) and
(-4, 10)?

Answer 1

Slope = 5

Explanation:

Slope:

(-5,5) ; x₁ = -5 & y₁ = 5

(-4, 10) ; x₂ = -4 & y₂ = 10

`\sf \boxed{\bf Slope = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)}`

`\sf =(10-5)/(-4-[-5])\\\\ =(10-5)/(-4+5)\\\\=(5)/(1)\\\\= 5`

Answer 2

5

Explanation:

Formula for finding slope:

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

Slope of line passing through (-5,5) and (-4,10)

=

`(5 - 10)/( - 5 - ( - 4)) \\ = ( - 5)/( - 5 + 4) \\ = ( - 5)/( - 1) \\ = 5`