What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0, -5) , (-3, 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-18T10:31:03

$m=-2$

Slope (m) = $(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$
where $(x_1,y_1)$ can be $(0,-5)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ can be $(-3,1)$ or vice versa

$m=(1-(-5))/(-3-0)$

$m=6/-3$

$m=-2$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0, -5) , (-3, 1) (0, -5) , (-3, 1) ?