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

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-23T17:23:34

The slope is

$m = \frac{3}{7}$ $color(blue)(m=3/7$

$(4, - 1) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(4,-1) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 3, - 4) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-3, -4) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

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

$m = \frac{- 4 - (- 1)}{- 3 - 4}$ $m=(-4-(-1))/(-3-4)$

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

$m = \frac{- 3}{- 7}$ $m=(-3)/(-7)$

$m = \frac{3}{7}$ $m=(3)/(7)$

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