Question

What is the slope between the two points (8, 15) and (3, 5)?

Answer 1

\[\frac{5-15}{3-8}\]
\[\frac{-10}{-5}\]

slope=2

Answer 2

use the slope formula: Y2-Y1/X2-X1. So (5-15)/(3-8)= -10/-5=2 (when you divide two negitive numbers, the answer will be positive.)