How do you find a slope of (8,2) and (10,-2)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-17T12:53:52

#-2#

Slope of a line is given by:

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

#(x_1,y_1)# are the coordinates of the first point

#(x_2,y_2)# are the coordinates of the second point

We got: #(x_1,y_1)=(8,2),(x_2,y_2)=(10,-2)#.

#:.x_1=8,y_1=2,x_2=10,y_2=-2#

And so,

#m=(-2-2)/(10-8)#

#=(-4)/2#

#=-2#