Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-1,3) and (-8,5)

Answer 1

-2/7 = m

Explanation:

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

this means that
`(5-3)/(-8-(-1))` is the slope.

so we simplify and get
`(2)/(-7)`

the slop is -2/7