Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 5) and (7, 3)?

Answer 1

ANSWER: $\frac{2}{-5}$

EXPLANATION:

We can use the slope formula and input the x and y values to solve for the slope.

$\text{Slope Formula}: \frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1}}=m$

$\frac{5-3}{2-7}=m\\\text{Simplify.}\\\frac{2}{-5} =m$

The slope of the line is $\frac{2}{-5}$