What is the slope of the line passing through $(-3,-3); (0,0)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-19T06:11:26

The slope is $1$ . See explanation.

When 2 points on a line $A=(x_1;y_1)$ and $B=(x_2;y_2)$ are given then the slope of the line passing through the points can be calculated as:

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

Here we have:

$m=(0-(-3))/(0-(-3))=(0+3)/(0+3)=3/3=1$