How do you find the slope of the line containing the indicated points: ( -4, 8) and ( -3, -6)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T12:50:50

$-14$

The slope of a straight line is given by:

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

where:

$m$ is the slope of the line

$(x_1,y_1)$ are the first coordinates

$(x_2,y_2)$ are the second coordinates

So, we get:

$m=(-6-8)/(-3-(-4))$

$=-14/1$

$=-14$