Question

These points are linear. Find the slope.

Answer 1

to get the slope of any straight line, we simply need two points off of it, let's use those in the picture below.

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-4}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{0})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{8}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{8}-\stackrel{y1}{0}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{2}-\underset{x_1}{(-4)}}} \implies \cfrac{8 }{2 +4} \implies \cfrac{ 8 }{ 6 } \implies \cfrac{4 }{ 3 }`