Question

What is the slope of a line that passes through (−8,−16) and (18,5)?

Answer 1

Slope is calculated as the change in y over the change in x.

Here, the change in y is the difference between the two y-coordinates of the two points:

(-16 - 5) = -21

Find the change in x as the difference of the x coordinates with the same order as done in the y-coordinates:

-8 - 18 = -26.

Then, we have:

-21/-26 = 21/26

The slope is 21/26.