Question

Find the slope of a line that passes through the points (-2,6) and (8, 4)

Answer 1

In order to calculate the slope of a line that passes through the points (-2, 6) and (8, 4), we can use the formula:

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Where (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the points coordinates. So we have:

`\begin{gathered} m=(4-6)/(8-(-2)) \\ m=(-2)/(8+2) \\ m=(-2)/(10) \\ m=-(1)/(5) \end{gathered}`

So the slope of the line is -1/5.