Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (8,-4) and (4, -8).

Answer 1

slope equals 1

Explanation:

To do this you would need to do an equation that is
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1))` so in this case -8 would be y2 and -4 would be y1 and 4 would be x2 and 8 would b e x1 so if you plug it into the equation we would get
`(-8-(-4))/(4-8)` and if we simplify we get
`(-4)/(-4)` which simplifies to 1 so the slope would equal 1

Answer 2

1

Explanation:

We can find the slope using

m= ( y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

= ( -8 - -4)/( 4 - 8)

= ( -8 +4)/( 4 - 8)

= -4 / -4

= 1