What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(3, - 1), (- 4, 5)$ $(3, -1) , (-4,5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-08T08:05:06

The slope of the line passing through the two points is $- \frac{6}{7}$ $-6/7$ .

Use the slope formula:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

Plug the values in:

$m = \frac{5 + 1}{- 4 - 3} = - \frac{6}{7}$ $m=(5+1)/(-4-3)=-6/7$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (3, -1) , (-4,5) (3,−1),(−4,5)(3, -1) , (-4,5) ?