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Slope What is the slope of the line through (-4, 2) and (3,-3)?

User Mikevanis
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We have the next formula in order to obtain the slope


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

where

(-4, 2)=(x1,y1)

(3,-3)=(x2,y2)

we substitute the values


m=(-3-2)/(3+4)=(-5)/(7)=-(5)/(7)

the slope is -5/7

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