Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(7, 2) , (-10,-5)`?

Answer 1

`slope=7/17`

Explanation:

Slope of a line passing through two given points is given by
`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Where `m` is the slope, `x_1 and y_1` are the coordinates of one point and `x_2 and y_2` are the coordinates of another points.

Here let `(x_1, y_1)` represent `(7,2)` and `(x_2,y_2)` represent `(-10,-5)`
`implies m=(-5-2)/(-10-7)=-7/-17=7/17`

`implies m=7/17`