A line is drawn so that it passes through the points (-3,0) and (1.4). What is the slope of the line?

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Alex Orlov · Answer 1 · 2020-08-15T15:05:46+0000

Answer:

Explanation:

For this exercise you can use the following formula for calculate the slope:

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

In this case you know that the given line passes through the points (-3,0) and (1.4). Therefore you can identify that:

$y_2=0\\y_1=4\\\\x_2=-3\\x_1=1$

Then, in order to calculate the slope of this line, you must substitute the coordinates of the points into the formula:

m=(0-4)/(-3-1)

Finally, evaluating, you get that the slope of this line is the following:

$m=(-4)/(-4)\\\\m=1$