Question

What is the slope of this line?

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Answer 1

to get the slope of any straight line, we simply need two points off of it, let's use those two in the picture below

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-8}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{6})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{0}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{0}-\stackrel{y1}{6}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{-2}-\underset{x_1}{(-8)}}} \implies \cfrac{ -6 }{-2 +8} \implies \cfrac{ -6 }{ 6 } \implies -1`