Question

What is the slope of the line which passes through (2, 6) and (0, 2)?

Answer 1

\[\text{slope} = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}\]
does that help?

Answer 2

no i dont know what to do.

Answer 3

plug in your values

x1 = 2
y1 = 6
x2 = 0
y2 = 2

\[\text{slope} = \frac{2 - 6}{0-2}\]

Answer 4

-2?

Answer 5

not exactly...what is 2-6?

Answer 6

-4

Answer 7

and what's 0-2?

Answer 8

-2

Answer 9

so what's negative divided by negative?

Answer 10

positive 2!

Answer 11

correct!

Answer 12

LOL thanks i feel smarter now ;)