Question

Find the slope of the line through the following points
(12,2) and (-7,5)
m =

Answer 1

`-(3)/(19)`

Explanation:

In order to find the slope, use the following formula:
`m=(y_(2) -y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

The components in this equation represent y from both of the points and x from both of the points. Let's make coordinate (12, 2) #1 and coordinate (-7, 5) #2.

Plug in their corresponding numbers into the formula like so:
`m=(5-2)/(-7-12)`

Simplify:
`m=(3)/(-19)`