What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $( 7,-2 ) ,(-3, -6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-30T09:25:41

$slope=2/5$

You can find the slope by using the following formula:

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

where $(x_1,y_1) and (x_2,y_2)$ are the given points.

Then

$slope=(-6+2)/(-3-7)$

$=(-4)/-10=2/5$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: ( 7,-2 ) ,(-3, -6) ( 7,-2 ) ,(-3, -6) ?