What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-4, -1), (-2, -5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-28T02:24:04

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formula of slope $,m=(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2),$ , where $(x_1,y_1) and(x_2,y_2)$ are two points.
so $,m=(-1-(-5))/(-4-(-2))=4/-2=-2,$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-4, -1), (-2, -5) (-4, -1), (-2, -5) ?