What is the slope of the line passing through $(8, - 6); (3, 0)$ $(8,-6); (3,0)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-21T16:48:48

The slope:
$m = \frac{- 6}{5}$ $color(blue)(m=(-6)/5$

The points given are
$(8, - 6) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(8,-6) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(3, 0) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(3,0) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated by:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=color(blue)(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m = \frac{0 - (- 6)}{3 - 8}$ $m=color(blue)(0-(-6))/(3-8)$

$m = \frac{(0 + 6)}{- 5}$ $m=color(blue)((0 +6))/(-5)$

$m = \frac{6}{- 5}$ $m=(6)/(-5)$

$m = \frac{- 6}{5}$ $color(blue)(m=(-6)/5$

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