What is the slope of the line passing through the points (0, −5) and (4, 2)?

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solomonzelman · Answer

$\LARGE \color{black}{ \displaystyle {\rm m}=\frac{\color{blue}{{\rm y}_1}-\color{red}{{\rm y}_2}}{\color{green}{{\rm x}_1}-\color{darkgoldenrod}{{\rm x}_2}}  }$



where:

$\LARGE \color{black}{ \displaystyle {\rm m} }$   is the slope

$\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{green}{{\rm x}_1}~,~~\color{blue}{{\rm y}_1})   }$     and     $\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{darkgoldenrod}{{\rm x}_2}~,~~\color{red}{{\rm y}_2})   }$    are your two points.

anonymous · Answer

Right I get that and I get the formula

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

substitute the coordinates in the formula soloman gave you and solve

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

(-5-2)/(0-4)=solve

anonymous · Answer

When I did that I got -7 and -4 so would it be -7/-4?