Question

Find the slope of the line below

Answer 1

-2

Explanation:

`\boxed{slope = (y1 - y2)/(x1 - x2) }`

☆ (x₁, y₁) is the first coordinate and (x₂, y₂) is the second coordinate.

Given that the two points (-12, 10) and (-10, 6) lie on the line,

slope of the line

`= (10 - 6)/( - 12 - ( - 10))`

`= (4)/( - 12 + 10)`

`= (4)/( - 2)`

`= - 2`

Extra:

The line has a negative slope as looking from the left to right, the line is sloping downwards.