Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through (98, 27) and (62, -50). Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, improper fraction, or integer.​

Answer 1

77/36

Explanation:

Key skills needed: Slope formula

1) You need to use the slope formula in order to solve this equation. The slope formula is:

Given 2 points
`(x_1, y_1)` and
`(y_2, y_1)`, the way to find slope is:
`(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

2) Using this, we can find the slope.

• 98 is
  `x_1`
• 27 is
  `y_1`
• 62 is
  `x_2`
• -50 is
  `y_2`

We would do -->
`(-50-27)/(62-98)` which simplifies into
`(-77)/(-36)` which is
`(77)/(36)` (cancel out the negatives and you will get that)
`(77)/(36)` is the answer.