Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-5,3) and (-7,5).

Answer 1

Explanation:

points (-7,5) and (5,-3)?

This would mean to subtract the y coordinates:

5 - (-3) = 8

Then subtract the x coordinates in the same order:

-7 - 5 = -12

Then divide the y result by the x result for the slope:

8/-12 is the slope.

In simplest form, this is equivalent to -2/3