What is the slope of the line containing the points (2,6) and (-3,-4)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-25T13:44:07

The slope would be $m = - 2$ $m=-2$

The slope of the line is determined by the change in $y$ $y$ over the change in $x$ $x$ .

$(Deltay)/(Deltax)$

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

Using the points (2,6) and (-3,-4)

$x_1=2$
$y_1=6$
$x_2=-3$
$y_2=-4$

$m = (6-(-4))/((-3)-2)$

$m = (6+4)/(-3-2)$

$m = (10)/(-5)$

$m=-2$