Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(5, 9) , (-3, 8)`?

Answer 1

`m=1/8`

Explanation:

So you do

`"slope" = m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2 - x_1)`

In your case, you have

`m = (8 - 9)/(-3 - 5) = (-1)/(-8) = 1/8`

The order is always `(Deltay)/(Deltax)`, so the slope is 1/8