Question

What is the slope of the line passing through points A and B?

A. 1/2


B. -1/2


C. 2


D. -2

Answer 1

What are the coordinates of A and B?

Answer 2

@emcrazy14

Answer 3

Okay, I'll tell you the formula. You will plug in the values, yourself, okay? And I'll check your answer.

Answer 4

Okay. :)

Answer 5

\[slope= \frac{ y _{2}-y _{1} }{ x _{2}-x _{1} } \]

Answer 6

x1 and y1 are the coordinates of one pair like e.g A.
x2 and y2 are the coordinates of the other, that is, B.

Answer 7

I don't understand. : /

Answer 8

@emcrazy14 ? Would you please explain how I would apply said formula?

Answer 9

Okay, so x-coordinate of A is -3 and y-coordinate is 4. Agreed?

Answer 10

x-coordinate of B is 1 and y-coordinate is 2.

Answer 11

Now plug in the formula.
\[slope= \frac{ 4-2 }{ -3-1 }\]

Answer 12

Did you get it now?

Answer 13

So it would be 2/-4?

Answer 14

Which would be -1/2 when simplified.

Answer 15

OH!!!!! Thank you so much!!! :D

Answer 16

yw. (: