Question

What is the slope from point (0 0) to (6 -2)

Answer 1

-1/3

Use the formula m = y2-y1/ x2 - x1.
Substitute the x and y values and you'll get -1/3

Answer 2

Hello!

To calculate the slope of a line you use the following equation.

$\frac{ y_{2}- y_{1} }{ x_{2}- x_{1} }$

The ones and twos just represent different points on the line. We will have (0,0) be ($x_{1} , y_{1}$) and (6,-2) be ($x_{2} , y_{2}$)

Now we will plug these values into the equation.

$\frac{-2-0}{6-0} = - \frac{2}{6} = -\frac{1}{3}$

The slope of our line is $- \frac{1}{3}$

I hope this helps!