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

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-02T03:12:34

$m= -1$

The equation for slope is rise over run; that means

$"slope" = m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ (in fraction form)

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

$m = ((-3)-2)/(1-(-4))$

Simplify it into:

$m = -5/5$

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