Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 3) and (5,-6)?

Answer 1

slope = - 3

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (2, 3 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (5, - 6 )

m =
`(-6-3)/(5-2)` =
`(-9)/(3)` = - 3