Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-10,-8) and (-8,-16)?

Answer 1

To find the slope of this line we will use the slope formula, which is:

$m = \dfrac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}$

(Where $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ are points on the line)

To find our answer to this problem, we can simply substitute the values we are given:

$m = \dfrac{-16 - (-8)}{-8 - (-10)} = \dfrac{-16 + 8}{-8 + 10} = \dfrac{-8}{2} = -4$

The slope of the line is -4.