Question

How do you calculate the slope of (0,0) and (-4,2)?

Answer 1

The slope `m` is `-1/2`.

Explanation:

The equation for determining the slope of a line is `m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`, where `m` is the slope, and `(x_1,y_1)` and `(x_2,y_2)`are two points on the line.

Let `(x_1,y_1)=(0,0)` and `(x_2,y_2)=(-4,2)`

`m=(2-0)/(-4-0)` =

`m=2/-4` =

`m=-1/2`