Question

What is the slope of the line passing through (-3, 5) and (5, -3)?

Answer 1

$m = \frac{5 - (-3) }{ -3 - 5} = m = \frac{y _{2} - y_{1} }{ x_{2} - x_{1} }$


$x_{2} = -3 , y_{2} = 5$


$x_{1} = 5 , y_{1} = -3$

Slope = $\frac{8}{-8}$

Answer 2

The slope of the line is 1.