What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(- 5, 2), (- 3, 1)$ $(-5, 2) , (-3, 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-21T18:58:07

$- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

Find the slope by dividing the y coordinates' difference by the x coordinates' difference

$\frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}} \to$ $(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) rarr$ Formula for finding slope from 2 points

$\frac{1 - 2}{- 3 - (- 5)} \to$ $(1-2)/(-3-(-5)) rarr$ Plug the numbers into the formula

$- \frac{1}{2} \to$ $-1/2 rarr$ This is the slope

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-5, 2) , (-3, 1) (−5,2),(−3,1)(-5, 2) , (-3, 1) ?