What is the slope of the line passing through the points (2, 5) and (0, –4)? (Points : 1)

Question

I am bad at slopes and graphs 

Answer 1

The slope between two points is pretty simple if you just remember the rule:  It's the change in y divided by the change in x.

 

In this case y goes from 5 to -4.  That's a change of -9.  You find that by subtracting 5 from -4.  -4 - 5 = -9.  Or you can just see in your head that to go from 5 to -4, y has to decrease by 9, which is the same as saying that it changes by -9.

 

x goes from 2 to 0.  That's a decrease of 2, or a change of -2.

 

So the slope of the line is -9 / -2 = 9/2 = 4.5.