Question

Find the slop of the line passing through the point (-9,-3) and (7, -7)

Answer 1

Answer:

$slope=-\frac{1}{4}$

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the slope of the two points (-9,-3) and (7, -7) w have to use the slope formula

$slope=\frac{y_{2}- y_{1} }{x_{2} -x_{1} }$             $slope=\frac{(-7)- (-3)}{7 -(-9) }$      

$slope=\frac{-4 }{16}=-\frac{1}{4}$  can also be written as a decimal  $slope=-0.25$

we get - 1/4 because -4 divided by -4 is 1 and -4 divided by 16 is -4