What is the slope of the line that contains the points (3,-8) (-7,-4)?
1 Answer
Jan 8, 2016
Slope
Explanation:
Given -
Let -
#x_1=3#
#y_1=-8#
#x_2=-7#
#y_2=-4#
Then the formula to calculate slope is-
#(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=((-4)-(-8))/((-7)-3)=(-4+8)/(-7-3)=4/(-10)=-2/5#
Slope
