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

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-19T05:35:12

The slope $= \frac{7}{4}$ $= 7 / 4$

$(7, 3) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(7,3) = color(blue)( x_1, y_1)$

$(3, - 4) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(3, -4) = color(blue)( x_2, y_2)$

The slope is calculated using formula:

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

$= \frac{- 4 - 3}{3 - 7}$ $= (-4-3) / (3- 7)$

$= \frac{- 7}{- 4}$ $= (-7) / ( -4)$

$= \frac{7}{4}$ $= 7 / 4$