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)

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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The slope, m, is defined as m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29. It doesn't matter which ordered pair is x%5B1%5D%2Cy%5B1%5D and x%5B2%5D%2Cy%5B2%5D because you'll get the same answer. Using substitution we get m=%28-5-1%29%2F%28-2%2B1%29, which reduces to m=-6%2F-1, which simplifies to m=6.