Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (5.-1) and (-3.3)? A -2 B. - C. D. 2

Answer 1

The slope of a straight line is calculated by the formula

$\begin{gathered} \text{slope}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \\ \text{The two points are:} \\ (x_1,y_1)=(5,\text{ -1)} \\ (x_2,y_2)=(-3,\text{ 3)} \end{gathered}$

Hence,

$\begin{gathered} \text{slope}=\frac{3-(-1)}{-3-5} \\ =\frac{3+1}{-8} \\ =\frac{4}{-8} \\ =-\frac{1}{2} \end{gathered}$

Option B is the correct