What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-1,3),(4,-3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-11T19:09:58

The slope is $m = -6/5$

The formula for the slope of a line based upon two coordinate points is

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

For the coordinate points $(-1,3) and (4,-3)$
$x_1 = -1$
$x_2 = 4$
$y_1 = 3$
$y_2 = -3$

$m = (-3-3)/(4-(-1))$

$m = -6/5$

The slope is $m = -6/5$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-1,3),(4,-3) (-1,3),(4,-3) ?