How do you find the slope given (2, 5) and (0, –4)?

Question

2547 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2016-05-29T16:09:19

The slope $=9/2$

The coordinates are:
$(2,5) = color(blue)((x_1 , y_1)$

$(0, -4) = color(blue)((x_2 , y_2)$

The slope is calculated using formula:
Slope $=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) /(x_2 - x_1)$

$= (-4-5) / (0-2)$

$= (-9) / (-2)$

$= 9 /2$

The slope $=9/2$