Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (4, 5) and (0, -7)? Show all your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

slope = 3

Step-by-step explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m = $\frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }$

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (4, 5 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (0, - 7 )

m = $\frac{-7-5}{0-4}$ = $\frac{-12}{-4}$ = 3

Answer 2

rise over run

you can also use the y2-y1/x2-x1 but these numbers where small enough where graphing can help visually