What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0, 2); (- 1, 5)$ $(0,2) ; (-1, 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T11:23:27

Slope $m$ $m$ a of line passing through two points $A (x_{1}, y_{1})$ $A(x_1,y_1)$ and $B (x_{2}, y_{2})$ $B(x_2,y_2)$ is given by

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

Here let $A = (0, 2) and B = (- 1, 5)$ $A=(0,2) and B=(-1,5)$

$\Rightarrow m = \frac{5 - 2}{- 1 - 0} = \frac{3}{- 1} = - 3$ $implies m=(5-2)/(-1-0)=3/-1=-3$

$\Rightarrow$ $implies$ slope of the line passing through the given points is $- 3$ $-3$ .

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0,2) ; (-1, 5)(0,2);(−1,5) (0,2) ; (-1, 5)?