Question

Find the slope of the line that that passes through each pair of points (8,-2) (4,-3)

Answer 1

slope =
`(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (8, - 2 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (4, - 3 )

m =
`(-3-(-2))/(4-8)` =
`(-3+2)/(-4)` =
`(-1)/(-4)` =
`(1)/(4)`