Question

The slope of the line that passes through the points (-6, w) and (-10, 4) is 1/4.

What is the value of w?

Answer 1

y = mx + b
m, slope. = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (4-w)/(-10 - -6) = (4-w)/-4 = 1/8
(4 - w)/-4 = 1/8
4-w = -4/8
4 - w = -1/2
-w = -1/2 - 4
w = 4 1/2 or 9/2