Question

Slope What is the slope of the line through (-4, 2) and (3,-3)?

Answer 1

We have the next formula in order to obtain the slope

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

where

(-4, 2)=(x1,y1)

(3,-3)=(x2,y2)

we substitute the values

`m=(-3-2)/(3+4)=(-5)/(7)=-(5)/(7)`

the slope is -5/7