Question

What is the slope of the line that contains these points?

2
13
14
15
16
y
11
6 1 -4
slope:

Answer 1

-5

Explanation:

formula of slope is

`(y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)`

y2 is the second y value

y1 is the first y value so you get

`(6 - 11)/(14 - 13)`

that leaves you with -5 /1 which can be written as -5

Answer 2

-5

Explanation:

The slope is rise over run. In other words, it is the change in y divided by the change in x.

Slope Formula

The formula for slope is
`(y_(2)- y_(1) )/(x_(2) -x_(1) )`. This will give the the difference in y-values divided by the difference in x-values. To find the slope, plug in the values.

Final Slope

The y-value decreases by 5 as the x-value increases by 1. This means that the slope must be -5/1. This can be rewritten as -5.