How do you find the slope of $(-2, -5), (7, 8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-31T12:39:30

the slope is $13/9$

The slope of a line passing by the points $(x_1,y_1) and (x_2,y_2)$ is given by

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

so, for the given points, the slope is:

$m=(8+5)/(7+2)=13/9$

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