How do you find the slope given (7,3) (-5,-7)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-10T21:58:39

The slope is $\frac{5}{6}$ $5/6$ .

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 $(7, 3) (- 5, - 7)$ $(7,3) (-5,-7)$ .

So

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

$x_{2} = - 5, y_{2} = - 7$ $x_2 = -5, y_2 = -7$

Insert these numbers into the slope formula.

$"Slope" = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) = (-7 – 3)/(-5 – 7) = (-10)/-12 = 5/6$