How do you find the slope given (-4,2) and (1,-3)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-02T03:12:34

$m = - 1$ $m= -1$

The equation for slope is rise over run; that means

$slope = m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $"slope" = m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ (in fraction form)

So, when given any two points, to calculate the slope you simply subtract the respective $x$ $x$ and $y$ $y$ coordinates. In this case, you do

$m = \frac{(- 3) - 2}{1 - (- 4)}$ $m = ((-3)-2)/(1-(-4))$

Simplify it into:

$m = - \frac{5}{5}$ $m = -5/5$

Finally, simplify it once more into $- 1$ $-1$ . Your slope, also referred to as $m$ $m$ , is $- 1$ $-1$ .