Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-7, 1) and (-9,8).
What is the slope?

Answer 1

Slope = -7/2

Explanation:

The layout for this is
`(y^2-y^1)/(x^2-x^1)`

With this format, we know that 8 =
`y^2` and 1 =
`y^1`

Which means that -9 =
`x^2` and -7 =
`x^1`

So let's set it up,

`(8-1)/(-9-(-7))`

Solve,

`(7)/(-2)`

Therefore, the answer is
`-7/2` .

I hope this helps!

- Maddie