Question

Find the slope of the line that contains the following points.

Answer 1

slope is difference of the y-axis over difference of x-axis.

a. slope=

`(8 - ( - 12))/(17 - 17 )`

=infinity♾️ =tan 90°

b. slope=

`( - 2 - 1)/( 6 - ( - 3))`

= -3/9 = -1/3