Answer:
slope = 1.65 and is positive (going uphill)
Step-by-step explanation:
Slope from a pair of points can be found using slope formula:
[tex]\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}[/tex] where ([tex]x_{1},y_{1}[/tex]) represent one point and ([tex]x_{2},y_{2}[/tex]) represent another point. Using the two points given (2, 17) and (-18, -16):
[tex]\frac{-16-17}{-18-2}=\frac{-33}{-20}=1.65[/tex]
Since a negative divided by a negative becomes a positive, the overall slope of 1.65 is positive and the line will be increasing from left to right.
