Question

What is the slope of the line that contains these points? х 5 6 7 8 у -3 -1 1 3 slope:

Answer 1

p1( 5, -3) and p2(8,3)

the slope is:

$\text{slope}=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}=\frac{3-(-3)}{8-5}=\frac{3+3}{3}=\frac{6}{3}=2$

slope = 2