Question

What is the slope of the line that goes through (-3, 8) and (5, 4)?

Answer 1

Answer:

-0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Slope (gradient) = (y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁)

When given 2 sets of coordinates i.e. (-3, 8) and (5, 4), one set (which can be any btw) would be the 1's and the other would be the 2's.

(If you didn't know before now; the x's come first and the y's come second in each set.)

So in this case the x's are -3 and 5 and the y's are 8 and 4.

The 1's can either be  -3 and 8 or 5 and 4. Same for the 2's

I'll pick the first set as 1's and the second set as my 2's

Therefore, y₂ = 4; y₁ = 8; x₂ = 5; x₁ = -3

Slope = (4-8) / (5-(-3)); -4 / 8 = -0.5

Answer 2

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