Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(1,-2); (3,-8)`?

Answer 1

`-3` or `-3/1`

Explanation:

To find the slope of the line, use the following equation:

`"slope" = m = (Y_2 - Y_1)/(X_2 - X_1)`

This is assuming that the two points are

`(X_1 , Y_1) and (X_2 , Y_2)`

So, I did

`(-8 - (-2))/(3-1)`, which is equal to `-6/2` or `-3/1` or `-3`.