How do you find the slope of (2, –7) and (1, 0)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T13:08:32

The slope for the pair of coordinates is # =-7#

#(2,-7) = color(blue)(x_1 , y_1#

#(1, 0) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2#

The slope is calculated using formula:

Slope #=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) / (x_2 - x_1)#

# = ( 0 -(-7)) / ( 1 -2 )#

# = ( 7 ) / (-1)#

# =-7#

The slope for the pair of coordinates is # =-7#