What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-8,-7), (9, 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-06T15:40:00

The slope
$m=(13)/(17)$

The points are:

$(-8,-7) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(9,6) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m=(6-(-7))/(9-(-8))$

$m=(6+7)/(9 +8)$

$m=(13)/(17)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-8,-7), (9, 6) (-8,-7), (9, 6)?