Given two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂), the slope (m) is:
[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]
So, to solve this question. Follow the steps.
Step 01: Substitute the points in the equation and solve part 1.
(x₁, y₁) = (-3, -1)
(x₂, y₂) = (-2, 6)
[tex]\begin{gathered} m=\frac{6-(-1)}{-2-(-3)} \\ m=\frac{6+1}{-2+3} \\ m=\frac{7}{1} \\ m=7 \end{gathered}[/tex]
The slope is 7.
Step 02: Find what is wrong.
The points are:
(x₁, y₁) = (3, 5)
(x₂, y₂) = (-2, 6)
So, substituting in the equation:
[tex]m=\frac{6-5}{-2-3}=\frac{1}{-5}=-\frac{1}{5}[/tex]
What is wrong is that the numerator was substituted by (y₁ - y₂), while the denominator was substituted by (x₂ -x₁).
