Question

A student must find the slope of a line that passes through the points (2.2) and (-1, 3). Which of the statements

below best applies to the sample mathematical work?

Given the points above, I plug these values into the formula y2 -x1/ x2-x1 which yields the expression -1-2/3-2 , which gives a slope of -3.
А. the formula for the slope of the ne is incorrect
B. the student failed to plug in the proper values into the slope formula
C the numeric calculation to find the slope is incorrect
D. the mathematical work shown is correct

Answer 1

A

Explanation:

the formula of the slope is (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)

slope = (3-2)/(-1-2) = 1/(-3) = -1/3