Question

How do you find the slope given (-5, -3) and (1, 4)?

Answer 1

`"slope "=7/6`

Explanation:

Find the slope using the `color(blue)"gradient formula"`

`color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1))color(white)(2/2)|)))`
where m represents the slope and `(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2)" 2 coordinate points"`

The 2 points here are (-5 ,-3) and (1 ,4)

let `(x_1,y_1)=(-5,-3)" and " (x_2,y_2)=(1,4)`

`rArrm=(4-(-3))/(1-(-5))=7/6`