What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-2,-7),(-1, 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-30T19:23:34

The slope is 9.

This is the equation we're going to use:

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

Let's do some simple substitution and solve:

$(1--7)/(-1--2)=(1+7)/(-1+2)=8/1=8$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-2,-7),(-1, 1) (-2,-7),(-1, 1) ?