Question

Find the slope of a line parallel to a line that contains the points (8, -3) and (2, 5).

Select the best answer from the choices provided.
OA
413
OB. 4
O D.
413
3
OC 3
3|4
314

Answer 1

`-(4)/(3)`(Your answer choices were really confusing, so I just put the plain answer)

Explanation:

To find the slope of a line with just two points, we can use the formula
`(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)`. In this case,
`(5-(-3))/(2-8)`. This is
`(8)/(-6)`. This reduces to
`-(4)/(3)`