What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(2,-6) ; (-6,-1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-22T16:01:40

$-5/4$

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(-1-(-6))/(-6-(-2))=-5/4$

Answer 2 · 2018-08-10T02:33:30

The slope is $-5/8$ .

Use the slope equation:

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ ,

where:

$m$ is the slope, $(x_1,y_1)$ is one point, and $(x_2,y_2)$ is the other point.

I'm going to make $(2,-6)$ the first point, and $(-6,-1)$ the second point. You can do the opposite and you will get the same slope.

$m=(-1-(-6))/(-6-2)$

$m=(-1+6)/(-8)$

$m=5/(-8)$

$m=-5/8$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (2,-6) ; (-6,-1) (2,-6) ; (-6,-1)?