Question

Find the slope that passes throught the pair of points (4,4),(8,-2)

Answer 1

The slope between two points is given by:

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

Then:

`\begin{gathered} m=(-2-4)/(8-4) \\ =-(6)/(6) \\ =-1 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the slope between the points is -1.