Question

What is the slope of the
line that passes through
the point
(-6,-1) and (2,-5)

Answer 1

Answer: y=-1/2x-4

Explanation:

First of all, remember what the equation of a line is:

y = mx+b

m= -5 - -1 = -4

2 - -6 = 8

or... m=-1/2

So, we have the first piece to finding the equation of this line, and we can fill it into y=mx+b like this:

y=-1/2x+b