Question

What is the slope of the line joining (8, 8) and (12, 6)? −2 negative one over two start fraction one over four end fraction start fraction one over two end fraction

Answer 1

-1/2

Explanation:

slope is
`(y_(2)- y_(1))/(x_(2)-x_(1))`

so:

`(6-8)/(12-8) = -(2)/(4) = -(1)/(2)`