Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through (1, 11) and (3, 10),

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, improper fraction, or integer,

Answer 1

-1/2

Explanation:

To find the slope of the line, you subtract y2 - y1, and x2 - x1.

When coordinates are written, the x value is the first, and the y value is the second. So, for the point (1, 11), 1 is the x value and 11 is the y value.

So, we can subtract 10, the y value from the second point, and 11, the y value for the first point.

10 - 11 = -1.

Now, we can subtract 3, the x value from the second point, and 1, the x value from the first point.

3 - 1 = 2

So, we did y2 - y1 and got -1, and we did x2 - x1 to get 2.

The answer from subtracting the y values goes on top of the fraction, and the answer from subtracting the x values goes on the bottom.

-1/2

Answer 2

The answer is -1/2.

Slope formula: (y2-y1)/(x2-x1).
Points are x,y.
10-11 is -1 the numerator
3-1 is 2 the denominator
Divide the 2 and get -1/2.