Question

What is the slope of the line between (-4, 4) and (-1, -2)?
1
2
-2
-1

Answer 1

Answer: -2, which is choice C

Work Shown:

`(x_1,y_1) = (-4,4) \text{ and } (x_2,y_2) = (-1,-2)\\\\m = (y_(2) - y_(1))/(x_(2) - x_(1))\\\\m = (-2 - 4)/(-1 - (-4))\\\\m = (-2 - 4)/(-1 + 4)\\\\m = (-6)/(3)\\\\m = -2\\\\`

The slope is -2