Question

Find the slope of the line through the two points below.
(-3,-7) and (-8, -1)

Answer 1

Answer:

$-\frac{6}{5}$  or -1.2

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the slope with just 2 coordinates using the formula $\frac{2y-y}{2x-x}$

So first you need to subtract the first y from the second y:

-1-(-7)=6

Then subtract the first x from the second x:

-8-(-3)=-5

Then we can make the slope:

$-\frac{6}{5}$  or -1.2