Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-7,-8) and
(-5, 6)?

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-7}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-8})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-5}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{6}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{6}-\stackrel{y1}{(-8)}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{-5}-\underset{x_1}{(-7)}}} \implies \cfrac{6 +8}{-5 +7} \implies \cfrac{ 14 }{ 2 } \implies \text{\LARGE 7}`