Question

(-7,-5) and (5, -17) slope formula

Answer 1

Given two points (-7,-5) and (5,-17) you can calculate the slope of the line that passes through them by using the following formula:

`m=(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)`

Where

m is the slope

(x₁,y₁) are the coordinates of one of the points

(x₂,y₂) are the coordinates of the second point

Then for (-7,-5) and (5,-17), the slope can be calculated as

`\begin{gathered} m=(-17-(-5))/(5-(-7)) \\ m=(-17+5)/(5+7) \\ m=(-12)/(12) \\ m=-1 \end{gathered}`

The slope is m=-1