What is the slope of the line passing through $(- 2, - 6); (4, 7)$ $(-2,-6); (4,7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-07T16:54:31

$m = \frac{13}{6}$ $color(blue)(m=13/6$

The points are
$(- 2, - 6) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(-2,-6) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(4, 7) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(4,7) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula
$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m = \frac{7 - (- 6)}{4 - (- 2)}$ $m=(7 -(-6))/(4-(-2))$

$m = \frac{7 + 6}{4 + 2}$ $m=(7 +6)/(4 +2)$

$m = \frac{13}{6}$ $color(blue)(m=13/6$

What is the slope of the line passing through (-2,-6); (4,7)(−2,−6);(4,7)(-2,-6); (4,7)?