Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(8, -5),( -3, 5)`?

Answer 1

Slope = `-10 / 11`

Explanation:

The slope of any line passing through the points `(x1,y1) and (x2,y2)` is `(y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)`
Here `x2 = -3, y2 = 5, x1 = 8 and y1 = -5`
Substituting, `m = (5 - (-5)) / (-3 - 8) = 10 / -11 = - 10 / 11`