How do you find the slope of the line passing through the points (7, -6) and (-13, 4)?

1 Answer
Jun 18, 2016

slope#=-1/2#

Explanation:

To find the slope of a line passing through 2 given points 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 #(x_1,y_1)" and " (x_2,y_2)" are 2 points"#

let # (x_1,y_1)=(7,-6)" and " (x_2,y_2)=(-13,4)#

#m=(4-(-6))/(-13-7)=10/(-20)=-1/2#