Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through the given points.
(1,6) and (8,4)

Answer 1

The slope is -(2/7)

Explanation:

so basically the numerator of the slope must be Y, and the denominator is X.

You need to subtract it in this form: (1y-2y)/(1x-2x)

so we should get a number sentence like this one down below

(6-4)/(1-8)

Subtract inside the paranthesis

2/-7

Simplify to make it look neat

-(2/7)

Answer 2

-2/7

Explanation:

Slope is y2-y1/ x2-x1. So 4-6/ 8-1 = -2/7.