Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (4, 5) and (0, -7)? Show all your work.

Answer 1

rise over run

you can also use the y2-y1/x2-x1 but these numbers where small enough where graphing can help visually

Answer 2

slope = 3

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (4, 5 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (0, - 7 )

m =
`(-7-5)/(0-4)` =
`(-12)/(-4)` = 3