How do you find the slope of the line that passes through (11,7), (-6,2)?

1 Answer
Jan 5, 2017

the slope is 5/17

Explanation:

The slope of the line that passes through two points A(x_1;y_1) and B(x_2;y_2) is calculated by the formula:

m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

Then, for the given points, the slope is:

m=(2-7)/(-6-11)

m=(-5)/-17=5/17