Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through the two points below."
(7,-1) and (9,0)

Answer 1

1/2 or 0.5 (same value, different form)

Explanation:

Ok...since I can't actually graph it, we can make a table out of it....

x y

7 -1

9 0

From -1 to 0, we add 1 (this is for the y section)

From 7 to 9, we add 2 (this is for the x section)

Now all we have to do is divide the y with the x

y/x = 1/2

The slope will be 1/2 (fraction form) 0.5 (decimal form)

Hope this helped!