Question

How do you find the slope of (-4,-1), (-1,-5)?

Answer 1

slope `=-4/3`

Explanation:

To calculate the slope use the `color(blue)"gradient formula"`

`color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)color(black)(m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1))color(white)(a/a)|)))`
where m represents the slope and `(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2)" are 2 coordinate points"`

The 2 points here are (-4 ,-1) and (-1 ,-5)

let `(x_1,y_1)=(-4,-1)" and " (x_2,y_2)=(-1,-5)`

`rArrm=(-5-(-1))/(-1-(-4))=(-4)/3=-4/3`