SOLUTION: find the slope of the line that goes through the following points, i think it might be 6 but not sure..thanks (-1, 1), (-2, -5)

Question 54502: find the slope of the line that goes through the following points, i think it might be 6 but not sure..thanks
(-1, 1), (-2, -5)

Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope, m, is defined as . It doesn't matter which ordered pair is and because you'll get the same answer. Using substitution we get , which reduces to , which simplifies to m=6.
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