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

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-23T17:23:34

The slope is

$color(blue)(m=3/7$

$(4,-1) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(-3, -4) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

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

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

$m=(-4+ 1)/(-7)$

$m=(-3)/(-7)$

$m=(3)/(7)$

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