Question

A surveyors map is drawn on a coordinated grid. Find the slope m of the line passing through two labeled points

Answer 1

The given points are

(-17,16)=(x1,y1)

(22,-2)=(x2,y2)

We have the next formula

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

We substitute

$m=\frac{-2-16}{22+17}=\frac{-18}{39}=-\frac{6}{13}$

ANSWER

The slope is -6/13