How do you find the slope of the line passing through the points (3, -4) and (5, 2)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-25T03:09:29

Slope $=m=3$

Use the slope formula:

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

Given $(3,-4)$ and $(5,2)$

Let:

$(color(red)(3),color(blue)(-4))->(color(red)(x_1),color(blue)(y_1))$

$(color(red)(5),color(blue)(2))->(color(red)(x_2),color(blue)(y_2))$

Substituting in for the slope formula...

$m=color(blue)(2-(-4))/color(red)(5-3)=color(blue)(6)/color(red)(2)=3larr slope$