Question

what is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-4,2) and (-5,0). answer in simplest form

Answer 1

The line which passes through (-4,2) and (-5,0) has a slope of 2.

Let,

$(x_{1},y_{1})$ = (-4,2)

$(x_{2},y_{2})$ = (-5,0)

If the points are equal to each other, their x-coordinates are equal to each other:

$x_{1}$=-4

$x_{2}$=-5

If the points are equal to each other, their y-coordinates are equal to each other:

$y_{1}$=2

$y_{2}$=0

The slope, m is the steepness of a line and it is measured as the ratio of the change in vertical distance, rise over the change in horizontal distance, run.

The slope of the line, m:

m = ($y_{2}$-$y_{1}$)/($x_{2}$-$x_{1}$)

m=(0-2)/(-5-(-4))

m=(-2)/(-1)

m=2

The slope of the line for the two points is 2.

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