Question

Find the slope of the line containing the two points.

(0,4),(-2,5)

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Answer 1

The slope is -1/2

Explanation:

To solve this problem we will use the formula to find the slope of a line given two points (x₁, y₁), (x₂, y₂).

The formula is:

m= \frac{y{_2} -y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1} } \\\\

So, we're going to use the points (0,4), (-2,5) in this formula.

`m= (5-4)/(-2-0) \\m=(1)/(-2) \\m= -(1)/(2)`

Therefore, the slope is -1/2