Question

find the slope using the slope formula (1,-17) (2,-7)

Answer 1

We are given the following two points

$(1,-17)\text{and}(2,-7)$

We are asked to find the slope using the slope formula.

The slope is given by

$m=\frac{y_2−y_1}{ x_2−x_1}$$\text{where}(x_1,y_1)=(1,-17)\text{and}(x_2,y_2)=(2,-7)$

Let us substitute the given points into the above slope formula

$m=\frac{-7-(-17)}{2-1}=\frac{-7+17}{1}=\frac{10}{1}=10$

Therefore, the slope is found to be 10.