Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through (-2, 8) and (-10, 14)

Answer 1

The slope is
`(3)/(-4)` or -0.75.

m=
`(y _(2)-y _(1) )/( x_(2)- x_(1) )`
m=
`(14-8)/(-10-(-2))`
m=
`(6)/(-8)`
Simplify
`(6)/(-8)` into
`(3)/(-4)`, by dividing two into the numerator and denominator.
m=-0.75

Answer 2

Hello!

To find the slope we divide the difference of the y-values by the difference of the x-values as shown below.


`(14-8)/(-10+2) = -(6)/(8) = -(3)/(4)`

The slope of our line is -3/4.

I hope this helps!