How do you find the slope of (2, –7) and (1, 0)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T13:08:32

The slope for the pair of coordinates is $=-7$

$(2,-7) = color(blue)(x_1 , y_1$

$(1, 0) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula:

Slope $=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) / (x_2 - x_1)$

$= ( 0 -(-7)) / ( 1 -2 )$

$= ( 7 ) / (-1)$

$=-7$

The slope for the pair of coordinates is $=-7$