Question

What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-2, 1) and (0, -3)?

A.
1
B.
- 1 over 2

C.
-2
D.
1 over 5

Answer 1

the answer is c. -2

to find slope you do

y2-y1/x2-x1

in this case it’s

-3-1/0- -2

which simplifies to

-4/2 = -2