What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(19, - 16), (- 7, - 15)$ $(19,-16), (-7,-15)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-26T08:14:50

The slope
$m = \frac{- 1}{26}$ $color(blue)(m=(- 1)/(26)$

The points are

$(19, - 16) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(19,-16) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 7, - 15) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-7,-15) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula

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

$m = \frac{- 15 - (- 16)}{- 7 - 19}$ $m=(-15-(-16))/(-7-19)$

$m = \frac{- 15 + 16}{- 7 - 19}$ $m=(-15 + 16)/(-7-19)$

$m = \frac{1}{- 26}$ $m=( 1)/(-26)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (19,-16), (-7,-15)(19,−16),(−7,−15) (19,-16), (-7,-15)?