What is the slope of the line with line containing points A(4, -1) and B(0, 2)?

1 Answer
Jul 31, 2015

I found: -3/4

Explanation:

You can use the definition of slope as:
Slope=(Deltay)/(Deltax)
where Delta represents the difference between the coordinates of your points.

You get:
Slope=(Deltay)/(Deltax)=(y_B-y_A)/(x_B-x_A)
Slope=(2-(-1))/(0-4)=-3/4