How do you find the slope of a line passing through (-2, 9) and (5, 3)?

1 Answer
Jun 29, 2017

The slope is -6/7.

Explanation:

The formula that we use to find the slope (represented by m) is (rise)/(run). Rise is equal to y_2-y_1 and the run is equal to x_2-x_1. So, the actual formula is m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1).

(x_1, y_1) and (x_2, y_2) is equal to (-2, 9) and (5, 3) (the points can be the other way around like (5, 3) and (-2, 9)). then we can substitute the values into the formula like this:
m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)
m=(3-9)/(5-(-2))
m=-6/7

Hope this helps you, mate.