What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1, - 2); (3, - 8)$ $(1,-2); (3,-8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T20:16:19

$- 3$ $-3$ or $- \frac{3}{1}$ $-3/1$

To find the slope of the line, use the following equation:

$slope = m = \frac{Y_{2} - Y_{1}}{X_{2} - X_{1}}$ $"slope" = m = (Y_2 - Y_1)/(X_2 - X_1)$

This is assuming that the two points are

$(X_{1}, Y_{1}) and (X_{2}, Y_{2})$ $(X_1 , Y_1) and (X_2 , Y_2)$

So, I did

$\frac{- 8 - (- 2)}{3 - 1}$ $(-8 - (-2))/(3-1)$ , which is equal to $- \frac{6}{2}$ $-6/2$ or $- \frac{3}{1}$ $-3/1$ or $- 3$ $-3$ .

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (1,-2); (3,-8)(1,−2);(3,−8)(1,-2); (3,-8)?