Find the slope of the line through the points (2,-3) and (5,2) ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-13T00:50:27

$\frac{5}{3}$ $5/3$

You need to use the formula for slope:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m$ $m$ represents the slope.

You need to assign each coordinate, but it must correspond.

For example:

In the coordinate $(2, - 3)$ $(2,-3)$ , $2$ $2$ is $x_{1}$ $x_1$ and $- 3$ $-3$ is $y_{1}$ $y_1$ .

In the coordinate $(5, 2)$ $(5,2)$ , $5$ $5$ is $x_{2}$ $x_2$ and $2$ $2$ is $y_{2}$ $y_2$ .

Now you plug this in.

$m = \frac{2 - (- 3)}{5 - 2}$ $m=(2-(-3))/(5-2)$

After this, you need to simplify

$m = \frac{5}{3}$ $m=(5)/(3)$