Question

What is the slope of the line shown below?

(1,6) (-5,-7)

A. 13/6
B. -13/6
C. -6/13
D. 6/13

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{6})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-5}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-7}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{-7}-\stackrel{y1}{6}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{-5}-\underset{x_1}{1}}} \implies \cfrac{ -13 }{ -6 } \implies \cfrac{13 }{ 6 }`