Question

What is the slope of the line that go through the points (2,8) and (-3,-4)

Answer 1

To find the slope of a line given two points, use this equation:

m = (y1-y2)/(x1-x2)

For these sets of points, that means:

m = (-4-8)/(-3-2), so

m - 12/-5 or 12/5, since the negatives cancel