How do you find the slope given (1,-1); (-2,-6)?

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How do you find the slope given (1,-1); (-2,-6)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-16T04:06:01

The slope is $\frac{5}{3}$ $5/3$ .

Explanation:

This problem can be solved using the slope formula, $m = \frac{y_{1} - y_{2}}{x_{1} - x_{2}}$ $m = (y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)$

Use the two points given and plug them into the equation. I am using (1,-1) as Point 1 and (-2,-6) as Point 2.
$m = \frac{- 1 - - 6}{1 - - 2}$ $m = (-1--6)/(1--2)$

The double negatives each cancel out to be a positive (addition).
$m = \frac{- 1 + 6}{1 + 2}$ $m = (-1+6)/(1+2)$

From here, it is simply addition to completely simplify the expression into a slope.

$m = \frac{5}{3}$ $m = 5/3$

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