Question

Which is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-2, 4) and (5, -1)?

Answer 1

Answer:

The slope of the line passing through the points (-2, 4) and (5, -1) is $\frac{-5}{7}$

Solution:

We know the slope intercept of the line is given by $y = mx + c$, where m is the slope of the line and c is a constant

To find the value of ‘m’ we use the given formula

$m = \frac{(y_2- y_1)}{(x_2- x_1 )}$

Here ,

$x_1= -2$

$x_2= 5$

$y_1= 4$

$y_2= -1$

Substituting the values in formula for m, we get

$m=\frac{-1-4}{5-(-2)}$

$m=\frac{-1-4}{5+2)}$

$m=\frac{-5}{7)}$

Therefore the slope of the line passing through the points (-2, 4) and (5, -1) is $\frac{-5}{7}$

Answer 2

Answer:

The slope is -5/7

Step-by-step explanation:

you can solve it many ways but i solved it this way

you take ur y2 and y1 and set it over x2 and x1

you get -1-4 / 5- -2

simply it

and it gives you -5/7