Question

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

x
39 40 41
42
y
36
29 22 15

Answer 1

-7

Explanation:

The slope of the line between two points can be found using the slope formula:

m = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)

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Using the first two points from your list, we find the slope to be ...

m = (29 -36)/(40-39) = -7/1 = -7

The slope of the line is -7.