What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0, -4) , (2,7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-23T17:08:37

The slope is : $color(blue)(11/2$

The points are
$(0,-4) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(2,7) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

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

$m= (7-(-4))/(2-0)$

$m= (7+4)/(2)$

$m= (11)/(2)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0, -4) , (2,7) (0, -4) , (2,7) ?