Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (1, -8) and (-5, 10)?

Answer 1

Hi

You have two points A ( X;Y) and B ( X ; Y)

slope is : ( Yb -Ya) / (Xb -Xa )

A (1; -8) B ( -5 ; 10)

so : ' (10 - -8 ) / ( -5 - 1) = 18 /-6 = -3