Question

Find the slope of a line that passes through the following pair of points: (-2,-5) and (-4,-9) m=

Answer 1

The general rule for the slope is:

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

then, in this case we have:

`\begin{gathered} m=(-9-(-5))/(-4-(-2))=(-9+5)/(-4+2)=(-4)/(-2)=2 \\ m=2 \end{gathered}`

therefore, the slope is m=2