What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1,-2); (3,-8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T20:16:19

$-3$ or $-3/1$

To find the slope of the line, use the following equation:

$"slope" = m = (Y_2 - Y_1)/(X_2 - X_1)$

This is assuming that the two points are

$(X_1 , Y_1) and (X_2 , Y_2)$

So, I did

$(-8 - (-2))/(3-1)$ , which is equal to $-6/2$ or $-3/1$ or $-3$ .

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (1,-2); (3,-8)(1,-2); (3,-8)?