Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (0,-8) and (12, 6)?

round to the one decimal place

Answer 1

Slope of line passing through (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) = (y₂-y₁)/(x₂-x₁).


Slope of line passing through (0, -8) and (12, 6) = (6-(-8))/(12-0) = 14/12 = 7/6