Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-2, 5) and (-6, 7).

Answer 1

the slope would be - 1/2 !!

you would number the x and y values of the coordinates.

( -2 , 5 ) ( -6 , 7 )
x1. y1. x2. y2

then do the formula that gives you the slope y2 - y1 / x2 - x1

this gives you:

7 - 5 / -6 - (-2) = 2/ -4 (simplify) -1/2

so this would give you m= -1/2