Question

Find the slope of the line containing the points (5, -1) and (-8, -4).

Answer 1

Finding the slope using two points, (5, -1) and (-8, -4)

The formula for slope is

$\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}$

In this case...

$y_{2} =-4\\y_{1} =-1\\x_{2} =-8\\x_{1} =-5$

^^^Plug these numbers into the formula for slope...

$\frac{-4-(-1)}{-8-5}$

$\frac{-3}{-13}$

$\frac{3}{13}$

^^^This is your slope

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Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula to find a slope using two points is:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}\\m = ((-4)-(-1))/((-8)-(5))\\m = -3 / -13\\m = 3/13$