Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: #(-5, 2) , (-3, 1) #?

Answer 1

`-1/2`

Explanation:

Find the slope by dividing the y coordinates' difference by the x coordinates' difference

`(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) rarr` Formula for finding slope from 2 points

`(1-2)/(-3-(-5)) rarr` Plug the numbers into the formula

`-1/2 rarr` This is the slope