What is the slope of the line through (-2, 0) and (0, -1)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. -1/2
- Step 1: Slope = change in y / change in x.
- Step 2: = -1 / 2 = -1/2.
Answer
-1/2.
Why not the others: 2/-1, 1/2 and 2 do not fit.
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