How do you find the slope of a line passing through points (2,-7), (4,-4)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-07T16:22:00

The slope equals #3/2#

Slope which is the change in #x# versus the change in #y#.

Slope is identified by the letter #m#

#m = (Deltay)/(Deltax)#

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

#(2,-7)# and #(4,-4)#

#x_1=2#
#y_1=-7#
#x_2=4#
#y_2=-4#

#m = ((-4)-(-7))/(4-2)#

#m = (-4+7)/(4-2)#

#m = (3)/(2)#

The slope equals #3/2#