What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(8, -5), (0,6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-20T01:29:58

$color(green)("Slope of the line passing thru points is " -(11/8)$

$A (8, -5), B (0,6), " To write the slope of the line"$

$Slope = m = (y_b - y_a) / (x_b - x_a)$

$m = ( 6 - (-5)) / (0 - 8) = 11 / -8 = -(11/8)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (8, -5), (0,6) (8, -5), (0,6)?