Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-9, -3) and (7, -7).

Answer 1

Answer:

-1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for finding slope given any two points on the line is:

$\frac{(y_{2} - y_{1}) }{(x_{2} - x_{1}) }$

Which is:  (-7 - (-3)) / (7 - (-9))

Plugging it into the calculator or solving it with basic math, it gives us -4 on the numerator and 16 on the denominator. Simplify, and you get -1/4.

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