Question

What is the slope of the line?

Answer 1

Answer:

The slope of the line is $-\frac{10}{7}$.

Explanation:

The slope of the line ($m$) is the change in dependent variable ($y$) divided by the change in independent variable ($x$):

$m = \frac{y_{f}-y_{o}}{x_{f}-x_{o}}$ (1)

If we know that $(x_{o}, y_{o}) = (0, 2)$ and $(x_{f}, y_{f}) = (1.4, 0)$, then the slope of the line is:

$m = \frac{0-2}{1.4-0}$

$m = -\frac{10}{7}$

The slope of the line is $-\frac{10}{7}$.