How do you find the slope of (-4,4) , (2, -5)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T14:52:55

$m = -3/2$

The slope can be found by using the formula:

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

where $m$ is the slope and $(x_1, y_1)$ and (x_2, y_2)# are the two points.

Substituting the given values:

$m = (-5-4)/(2-(-4))$

$m = -9/6$

$m = -3/2$