Find the slope of the line containing the following two points? (7/6,-5) and (-1/3,-1/3)

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-25T19:30:29

The slope is $-3 1/9$ .

Use the slope formula:

$(y_2-y_1)/(x_2 - x_1) = m" " ["slope"]$

Here

So

$-1/3 -( -5)$

becomes

$-1/3 + 5$

because two negatives create a positive.

$m = (-1/3 + 5)/((-1/3) - 7/6)$

$m = -3.1111 = -3 1/9$

Answer 2 · 2018-04-25T19:35:59

$"slope" = -28/9$

$"slope" = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2 - x_1)$

So

$"slope" = (-1/3- (-5))/(-1/3- 7/6)$

$"slope" = -28/9$