Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the two points (-2,1) (6,-1)

Answer 1

Answer:

-1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

We use the formula:

$\frac{y₂ -y₁}{x₂ -x₁}$

plugging in we have

$\frac{ (- 1)-(1)}{(6) -( - 2)} = \frac{ - 2}{8} = - \frac{1}{4}$

Therefore our slope is -1/4