What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0, -4) , (10,8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-09T14:39:56

Slope is $6/5$

If the two points are $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ , the slope of the line joining them is defined as

$(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ or $(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)$

As the points are $(0, -4)$ and $(10, 8)$

the slope is $(8-(-4))/(10-0$ or $12/10$

i.e. $6/5$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0, -4) , (10,8) (0, -4) , (10,8) ?