Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(0, -4) , (10,8)`?

Answer 1

Slope is `6/5`

Explanation:

If the two points are `(x_1, y_1)` and `(x_2, y_2)`, the slope of the line joining them is defined as

`(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)` or `(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)`

As the points are `(0, -4)` and `(10, 8)`

the slope is `(8-(-4))/(10-0` or `12/10`

i.e. `6/5`