How do you find the slope (7,3) and (4,-6)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-10T22:03:31

The slope is $3$ $3$ .

The formula for the slope of a line is

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

Your coordinates are $(7, 3) (4, - 6)$ $(7,3) (4,-6)$ .

So

$x_{1} = 7, y_{1} = 3$ $x_1 = 7, y_1 = 3$

$x_{2} = 4, y_{2} = - 6$ $x_2 = 4, y_2 = -6$

Insert these numbers into the slope formula.

$"Slope" = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) = (-6 – 3)/(4– 7) = (-9)/-3 = 3$