Question

Given: L(-4, 3) and M(2, -6)
What is the slope of LM?

Answer 1

slope = -
`(3)/(2)`

Explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = L (- 4, 3 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = M (2, - 6 )

`m_(LM)` =
`(-6-3)/(2-(-4))` =
`(-9)/(2+4)` =
`(-9)/(6)` = -
`(3)/(2)`