What the slope of 8 6 -4 0?

Answer 1

Assuming you mean 'What is the slope between the two points (8,6) and (-4,0):

You find slope using the following:

y1-y2

______

x1-x2

where (x1,y1) (x2,y2), meaning that 8 is x1, 6 is y1, -4 is x2, and 0 is y2.

Therefore:

6-0

___

8-(-4)

this gives you

6

_

12

which reduces to

1

_

2

or 1/2. As a decimal, this would be expressed as '0.5'.