What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(- 3, 2), (- 8, - 7)$ $(-3,2) , (-8,-7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-03T18:25:44

The slope is
$m = \frac{9}{5}$ $color(blue)(m=9/5$

$(- 3, 2) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(-3,2) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 8, - 7) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-8,-7) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula :

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

$m = \frac{- 7 - 2}{- 8 - (- 3)}$ $m=(-7-2)/(-8-(-3))$

$m = \frac{- 9}{- 8 + 3}$ $m=(-9)/(-8 +3)$

$m = \frac{- 9}{- 5}$ $m=(-9)/(-5)$

$m = \frac{9}{5}$ $m=9/5$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-3,2) , (-8,-7)(−3,2),(−8,−7) (-3,2) , (-8,-7)?