Calculate the Slope of the Straight Line Through the Points $( - 1,0 )$

question 133

Multiple Choice

Calculate the slope of the straight line through the points $( - 1,0 )$ and $\left( - \frac { 7 } { 8 } , \frac { 1 } { 4 } \right)$ . Try to do the calculation mentally.

• A) \(m = 2\)
• B) \(m = 7\)
• C) \(m = - \frac { 2 } { 15 }\)
• D) \(m = - \frac { 1 } { 2 }\)
• E) \(m = \frac { 1 } { 7 }\)