Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (15,8) and (-18,-16)?

Answer 1

$\text{Given that}\\\\(x_1,y_1) = (15,8),~~~ (x_2,y_2) = (-18,-16)\\\\\\\text{Slope,}~ m = \dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2 -x_1} = \dfrac{-16-8}{-18-15} =\dfrac{-24}{-33} = \dfrac{24}{33} = \dfrac 8{11}$