Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (-3,4) and (4,-1)?

Answer 1

The fromula of a slope:

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

We have (-3, 4) and (4, -1).

Substitute:

`m=(-1-4)/(4-(-3))=(-5)/(4+3)=-(5)/(7)`