Question

Find the slope of the line passing through thepoints (-5,4) and (7,8).

Answer 1

We have two points and we have to calculate the slope of the line pasing through this points.

We can calculate the slope as the ratio of the difference between the y-coordinates and the difference between the x-coordinates.

This can be written as:

`m=(\Delta y)/(\Delta x)=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(8-4)/(7-(-5))=(4)/(7+5)=(4)/(12)=(1)/(3)`

The slope of the line is 1/3.