What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(4, 7), (- 9, 2)$ $(4,7) , (-9,2)$ ?

Question

2434 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2016-02-14T17:07:59

The slope $= \frac{5}{13}$ $=5/13$

The points are :

$(4, 7) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(4,7) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 9, 2) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-9,2) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

slope $= \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$= \frac{2 - 7}{- 9 - 4}$ $=(2-7)/(-9-4)$

$= \frac{- 5}{- 13}$ $=(-5)/(-13)$

$= \frac{5}{13}$ $=5/13$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (4,7) , (-9,2)(4,7),(−9,2) (4,7) , (-9,2)?