Question

Which is the slope of the line that passes through the points (−3,1) and (4,−2)?

Answer 1

Hello!

Here is the formula for finding slope:

y₂ - y₁
x₂ - x₁

OR

difference in y
difference in x
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y₂ = -2
y₁ = 1

(-2) - 1 = -2 + -1 = -3

x₂ = 4
x₁ = -3

4 - (-3) = 4 + 3 = 7

That equals: -3/7

$\framebox{Slope = -3/7}$

Answer 2

Finding the slope using two points:

The formula for slope is

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

In this case...

$y_{2} =-2\\y_{1} =1\\x_{2} =4\\x_{1} =-3$

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

$\frac{-2-1}{4 - (-3)}$

$\frac{-3}{7}$

^^^This is your slope

Hope this helped!

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