How do you find the slope given (-7, 2) and (9, 6)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T02:35:36

We use the point-slope formula

#( color(green)(y_2)- color(red)(y_1) )/(color(green)(x_2)-color(red)(x_1))#

#(color(green)(-7), color(green)(2))# and #( color(red)(9), color(red)(6) )#

#(6-2)/(9- -7)#

#4/16#

#1/4#

That's the slope!