How do you find the slope of the line that passes through (6,8), (5,-5)?

1 Answer
Jan 10, 2018

Slope = 1313

Explanation:

The slope is given by

m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)m=y2y1x2x1, where mm is the slope, and (x_1,y_1)(x1,y1) and (x_2,y_2)(x2,y2) are two coordinates.

Let (x_1,y_1)(x1,y1) be (6,8)(6,8),

(x_2,y_2)(x2,y2) be (5,-5)(5,5)

So, the slope that passes through (6,8)(6,8) and (5,-5)(5,5) is

m=(-5-8)/(5-6)=(-13)/-1=13m=5856=131=13