Question

How do you find the slope given (-4, -2) and (0,0)?

Answer 1

Slope `->` gradient `= (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) = (0-(-2))/(0-(-4)) =1/2`
The amount of up (or down) for the amount of along!
assuming`" "(x_1,y_1) ->(-4,-2) " "` as it is listed first.

Explanation:

See above