How do you find the slope of the line passing through the points A(-2,-6) and B(6,9)?

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How do you find the slope of the line passing through the points A(-2,-6) and B(6,9)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-09T21:42:36

The slope of the line is $\frac{15}{8}$ $15/8$ .

Explanation:

The formula we are using is $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")$
=> where $m$ $m$ is the slope, $y$ $y$ is the y-component of a point, $x$ $x$ is the x-component.

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")$

$= \frac{- 6 - 9}{- 2 - 6}$ $=(-6-9)/(-2-6)$

$= \frac{- 15}{- 8}$ $=(-15)/(-8)$

$= \frac{15}{8}$ $=15/8$

The slope of the line is $\frac{15}{8}$ $15/8$ .

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