What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1, 3), (- 3, 9)$ $(1, 3), (-3,9)$ ?

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What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1, 3), (- 3, 9)$ $(1, 3), (-3,9)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-07T05:14:37

slope $m = - \frac{3}{2}$ $m=-3/2$

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$x_{1} = 1$ $x_1=1$
$y_{1} = 3$ $y_1=3$
$x_{2} = - 3$ $x_2=-3$
$y_{2} = 9$ $y_2=9$

Slope $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}} = \frac{9 - 3}{- 3 - 1} = \frac{6}{- 4} = - \frac{3}{2}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(9-3)/(-3-1)=6/(-4)=-3/2$

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