What is the slope of the line passing through $(2,5); (-2,7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-14T17:23:53

The slope is $-0.5$ or $-1/2$

The slope formula is $m = (y_2 - y_1)/ (x_2 - x_1)$

So,
$y_2$ = 7
$y_1$ = 5

$x_2$ = -2
$x_1$ = 2

Replacing....

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

What is the slope of the line passing through (2,5); (-2,7) (2,5); (-2,7)?