Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-20, 18) and (30, 14)?

25
2

5
2

2
5

2
25

Answer 1

`-(2)/(25)`

Explanation:

slope is the change in y over the change in x.

change in y is 14-18= -4

change in x is 30-(-20)= 50

so the answer is -4/50

we can factor out 2 from both equations to simplify the fraction. this gives us -2/25