Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through (-2, 8) and (-10, 14)

Answer 1

Hello!

To find the slope we divide the difference of the y-values by the difference of the x-values as shown below.

$\frac{14-8}{-10+2} = -\frac{6}{8} = -\frac{3}{4}$

The slope of our line is -3/4.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

The slope is $\frac{3}{-4}$ or -0.75.

m=$\frac{y _{2}-y _{1} }{ x_{2}- x_{1} }$
m=$\frac{14-8}{-10-(-2)}$
m=$\frac{6}{-8}$
Simplify $\frac{6}{-8}$ into $\frac{3}{-4}$, by dividing two into the numerator and denominator.
m=-0.75