Question

Find the slope of the line passing through (-6, 5) and (-7, -2).

Answer 1

they make a nifty little formula for this, or you can simply move it to the origin

Answer 2

\[slope=\frac{change~in~y}{change~in~x}\]
\[slope=\frac{y_1-y_o}{x_1-x_o}\]

Answer 3

so what could the answer be

Answer 4

it will be whatever you get when you plug in the values into the formula ....

Answer 5

idk how to do all that can u help??

Answer 6

you dont know how to subtract? or divide? im not too sure where the confusion is.

one trick would be to take the points: (x,y)

and rewrite them as: y
x

that way you just have to subtract across

Answer 7

ok thx

Answer 8

if you want, you can give it a try, and ill see if i can correct any mistakes you make