What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(- 8, - 7), (9, 6)$ $(-8,-7), (9, 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-06T15:40:00

The slope
$m = \frac{13}{17}$ $m=(13)/(17)$

The points are:

$(- 8, - 7) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(-8,-7) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(9, 6) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(9,6) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula

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

$m = \frac{6 - (- 7)}{9 - (- 8)}$ $m=(6-(-7))/(9-(-8))$

$m = \frac{6 + 7}{9 + 8}$ $m=(6+7)/(9 +8)$

$m = \frac{13}{17}$ $m=(13)/(17)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-8,-7), (9, 6)(−8,−7),(9,6) (-8,-7), (9, 6)?