How do you find the slope given (5, 2) and (2, -4)?

1 Answer
Jul 24, 2016

Subtract the second y-variable from the first y-variable, then divide that by the second x-variable subtracted from the first x-variable.

Explanation:

As explained in the answer above, the equation looks like this:
#(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)#. To get the slope, all we need to do is substitute the variables for the numbers. It should look a bit like this:
#(-4-2)/(2-5)#. This can be simplified to #-6/-3#, which equals 2.