Question

Determine the slope of the line containing these two points. Please show all of your work. Then describe what a line with this slope would look like.

(-1, -5) and (-3, 1)

Answer 1

the line has slope of -3, and so you can work out the equation
y + 5 = -3x + 3
y = -3x -2

Answer 2

slope = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
= (1-(-5))/(-3-(-1))
= 6/-2 = -3

Answer 3

so it is quite steep, and looks like below

Answer 4

sorry, the line should be lower, can't draw very well