Question

A line goes through points (1, 8) and (5, 6). What is the slope of the line?

Answer 1

-0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{6 - 8}{5 - 1?} = - 0.5$

slope=

$\frac{y2 - y1}{x2 - x1}$

Answer 2

Answer:

-2/4

Explanation:

You label the first coordinate points as X(1) and Y(1) and the second coordinate points as X(2) and Y(2) and then apply the formula