Question

What is the slope of the line passing through (-2, 5) and (3, -4)

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{5})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-4}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{-4}-\stackrel{y1}{5}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{3}-\underset{x_1}{(-2)}}} \implies \cfrac{-9}{3 +2}\implies {\Large \begin{array}{llll} -\cfrac{9}{5} \end{array}}`