Question

How do you find the slope given (1,-2), and (3,-8)?

Answer 1

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

`m = (-8 - (-2))/(3 - 1)`

`m = (-6)/2`

`m = -3`

`:.` The slope between `(1, -2)` and `(3, -8)` is `-3`.

Hopefully this helps!