Question

What is the slope of the line below?
(4,5)
(-2,2)

Answer 1

1/2 or one half

Explanation:

Answer 2

The slope is 1/2.

Explanation:

To find the slope of a line, divide yB - yA by xB - xA.

(yB - yA)/(xB - xA)

(2 - 5)/ (-2 - 4)

-3/-6

Dividing two negatives make a positive.

0.5

The slope is 0.5, or 1/2.