How do you find the slope of $(3, 9), (-2, 8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-18T10:47:09

The slope is $1/5$ .

To find the slope, we're going to use this equation:

$(y_2−y_1)/ (x_2−x_1)$

Substitute the variables for numbers to get our answer:

$y_2=8$
$y_1=9$
$x_2=−2$
$x_1=3$

$(8-9)/(-2-3)=(-1)/-5=1/5$

How do you find the slope of (3, 9), (-2, 8) (3, 9), (-2, 8) ?