How do you find the slope of the line passing through (-6, 5) and (-7,-2)?

1 Answer
Jul 15, 2017

slope is 7

Explanation:

We will find the slope (m) of the line passing through the given points #(x_1;y_1)# and #(x_2;y_2)# by the following formula:

#m=(Deltay)/(Deltax)=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)#

Then we will get:

#m=(-2-5)/(-7+6)=-7/-1=7#