What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0,2) ; (-1, 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T11:23:27

Slope $m$ a of line passing through two points $A(x_1,y_1)$ and $B(x_2,y_2)$ is given by

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

Here let $A=(0,2) and B=(-1,5)$

$implies m=(5-2)/(-1-0)=3/-1=-3$

$implies$ slope of the line passing through the given points is $-3$ .

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0,2) ; (-1, 5) (0,2) ; (-1, 5)?