Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-3. – 8) and (4.6).

Answer 1

We can find the slope using the following equation:

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

in this case, we have the following:

$\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(-3,-8) \\ (x_2,y_2)=(4,6) \\ \Rightarrow m=\frac{6-(-8)}{4-(-3)}=\frac{6+8}{4+3}=\frac{14}{7}=2 \\ m=2 \end{gathered}$

therefore, the slope of the line is m = 2