How do you find the slope given (1,1) (-2,-2)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-12T16:23:15

The slope equals $m =1$

Slope which is the change in $x$ versus the change in $y$ .

Slope is identified by the letter $m$

$m = (Deltay)/(Deltax)$

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

$(1,1)$ and $(-2,-2)$

$x_1=1$
$y_1=1$
$x_2=-2$
$y_2=-2$

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

$m = (-3)/(-3)$

The slope equals $m =1$