What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-4, -3); (-3,-6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-31T08:04:32

The slope
$m=-3/1$

The points are

$(-4,-3) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(-3,-6) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula

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

$m=(-6-(-3))/(-3-(-4))$

$m=(-6+3)/(-3 +4)$

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

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-4, -3); (-3,-6) (-4, -3); (-3,-6)?