Question

What is the slope of the line shown below?

Answer 1

Because we're given two points on the line, we can apply the slope formula to find the answer:

`(y.2 - y.1)/(x.2 - x.1) = m`

-4 - 8 / 2 - (-1)

-12 / 3

-4

The slope of the line is -4.