Question

Find the slope of the line that contains the points named.
X(2, -1), Y(0, 4)

Answer 1

Do you know the formula for the slope of a line?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

slope = (Y - Ysub1)/(X - Xsub1)

Answer 4

so its the difference of the Y coordinates divided by the difference of the X coordinates

Answer 5

Ill set it up the Y coordinates and you do X

(4 - (-1))/X - X

Answer 6

Do you see what I did? You know the difference between the X and Y coordinates correct? I don't know why they named the points X and Y because that will just confuse someone who is not familiar with the material.

Answer 7

alright so we have point P(X, Y) and point M(X, Y). We want to subtract one point from the other. It doesn't matter which. So replace the coordinates of P(2, -1) and M(0, 4). Do you see the Y coordinates and x coordinates now?

Answer 8

yes i see so it would be 5/2 ?

Answer 9

you forgot one part. take a look at the x coordinates again

Answer 10

-5/2

Answer 11

yeah, very good

Answer 12

thank you so much

Answer 13

your welcome