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

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-11T15:45:13

The slope is $m = \frac{2}{4}$ $m=(2)/(4)$

The points given are
$(4, 0) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(4,0) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(0, - 2) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(0,-2) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

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

$m = \frac{- 2 - 0}{0 - 4}$ $m=(-2-0)/(0-4)$

$m = \frac{- 2}{- 4}$ $m=(-2)/(-4)$

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