Question #683a5

1 Answer
Sep 20, 2017

-1.

Explanation:

You see, slope is calculated by this formula:
(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

y_2 is the y value of the second ordered pair (in this case, -7)
y_1 is the y value of the first ordered pair (in this case, -1)
x_2 is the x value of the second ordered pair (in this case, 2)
x_1 is the x value of the first ordered pair (in this case, -4)

Plugging it in...
(-7-(-1))/(2-(-4)) = -6/6=-1

The slope is -1.