SOLUTION: Find the slope, if it exists on the line: ((-2,5) & (2, -4) I don't think I calculated this correctly but, I came up with 1/4

Question 449023: Find the slope, if it exists on the line:
((-2,5) & (2, -4)
I don't think I calculated this correctly but, I came up with 1/4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the slope formula.

Plug in , , , and

Subtract from to get

Subtract from to get

So the slope of the line that goes through the points

and

is

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