What is the slope of the line that contains the points (-4, 3) and (5, 8)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T13:07:17

The slope for the pair of coordinates is # =5/9#

#(-4,3) = color(blue)(x_1 , y_1#

#(5, 8) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2#

The slope is calculated using formula:

Slope #=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) / (x_2 - x_1)#

# = ( 8 -3 ) / ( 5 - (-4))#

# = ( 5 ) / (5+4)#

# =5/9#

The slope for the pair of coordinates is # =5/9#