Question

find the slope of the line given the following ordered pairs

Answer 1

The given points are (-1,-1) and (-3,-2)

The slope is given by the formula:

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

So it follows:

$m=\frac{-2+1}{-3+1}=\frac{-1}{-2}=\frac{1}{2}$

The slope is 1/2 or 0.5.