Question

What is the slope of the line that contains the points (–6, 3) and (4, –5)?

Answer 1

The slope is the change in Y over the change in X

With the given points, the first number inside the parenthesis is the X values and the second number is the Y values.

Slope = (Y2 - Y1) / (x2-x1)

Slope = -5 - 3 / 4 - (-6)

Slope = -8 /10

Slope = -4/5