Question

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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (0, -5) and (4, 2)

Answer 1

$\frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1} = m$ (formula for finding slope) 

$\frac{2 - (-5)}{4 - 0 } = \frac{7}{4}$

Thus, the slope is 7/4. 

Answer 2

To find the slope of a line when given two points, you must create an expression using the formula, change in y divided by change in x. This means subtracting one y-value from another and then dividing the difference by the difference of the two x-values.

Y1 - Y2 / X1 - X2

2 - (-5) / 4 - 0

7/4

Therefore, the slope of the line is 7/4.

Hope this helps! :)