Question

How do you find the slope of (2, 0) and (3, -3)?

Answer 1

Slope is -3 or `m = -3`

Explanation:

For finding slope, you need to follow this simple formula which is:

`(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)` or if you understand this, `(Deltay)/(Deltax)` which means change in y over change in x, you can do that too.

The y represents the y values (the second number) in the ordered pairs and the x represents the x values (the first number). By inputting the numbers into the formula, it should look like this:

`(0-(-3))/(2-3)` = `(0+3)/(2-3)`= `3/-1` = `-3`

There's no specific `y_1` or `y_2`, you just name one of the y values `y_1` and the other y value `y_2`. Same thing for x. For example, this is what happens if I switch it:

`(-3-0)/(3-2)` = `(-3)/(3-2)`= `-3/1` = `-3`

You get the same answer!
I hope this helps!

Here's a song thing that might help:
Change in y over change in x,
Rise over run but what happens next?,
divide the two, and then reduce
then you got slope, slope, slope, slope, slope, slope, slope.

(Its a parody of the song "Low")