What is the slope of the line between $(7, -8)$ and $(5,2 )$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-05T17:23:10

The slope $m=-5$

The points are
$(7,-8)= color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(5,2)= color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

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

$m=(2-(-8))/(5-7 )$

$m=(10)/(-2 )$

$m=-5$

What is the slope of the line between (7, -8) (7, -8) and (5,2 ) (5,2 ) ?