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

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-07T10:52:09

$m=-7/5$

We are ussing the formula for the slope

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

so $m$ is equal to

$m=(2-(-5))/(-5-0)=-7/5$

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