How do you find the slope for (3,8),(7,-7)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-07T15:27:31

The slope equals $-15/4$

Slope which is the change in $x$ versus the change in $y$ .

Slope is identified by the letter $m$

$m = (Deltay)/(Deltax)$

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$(3,8)$ and $(7,-7)$

$x_1=3$
$y_1=8$
$x_2=7$
$y_2=-7$

$m = ((-7)-8)/(7-3)$

$m = (-15)/(4)$

The slope equals $-15/4$