Question

Find the slope of the line joining the points $(-5,0)$ and $(0,-7)$.

Answer 1

We know that the slope of the line joining two points $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ is:

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

Here, the given points are $(-5,0)$ and $(0,-7)$, therefore, the slope of the line is:

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{-7-0}{0-(-5)}=-\frac{7}{5}$

Hence, the slope of the line is$-\frac{7}{5}$.