Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(2, -6), (-7, -8)`?

Answer 1

Slope: `2/9`

Explanation:

The slope is the ratio of the difference in the `y` coordinate values to the difference in `x` coordinate values.

`m=(Delta y)/(Delta x) = ((-8)-(-6))/((-7)-(2))= (-2)/(-9) = 2/9`