What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(3, 5) ,(-3,-2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-09T08:07:07

$m = 7/6$

The slope, or steepness of a line, can be defined as:

$m = (Delta y)/(Delta x)$ which means $"the change in the y-values"/"the change in the x-values"$

The formula is $m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m = (5-(-2))/(3-(-3)) = 7/6$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (3, 5) ,(-3,-2) (3, 5) ,(-3,-2) ?