What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $( -7, 5), (-3, -1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-27T13:22:22

The slope would be $m=-3/2$

The slope of the line is determined by the change in $y$ over the change in $x$ .

$(Deltay)/(Deltax)$

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

Using the points (-7,5) and (-3,-1)

$x_1=-7$
$y_1=5$
$x_2=-3$
$y_2=-1$

$m = (-1-5)/((-3)-(-7))$

$m = (-1-5)/(-3+7)$

$m = (-6)/(4)$

$m=-3/2$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: ( -7, 5), (-3, -1) ( -7, 5), (-3, -1)?