What is the slope of the line passing through $(8, - 6); (3, 4)$ $(8,-6); (3,4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-08T00:59:26

$- \frac{2}{5}$ $-2/5$

The slope formula is:

$(DeltaY)/(DeltaX)$

If you don’t know, delta ALWAYS means change, so plug in the points respectively.

$(-6-(-4))/(8-3)$ = $-2/5$

That is your slope!

What is the slope of the line passing through (8,-6); (3,4)(8,−6);(3,4) (8,-6); (3,4)?