Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (3, 8) and (-2, 13)?

Write your answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{8})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{13}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{13}-\stackrel{y1}{8}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{-2}-\underset{x_1}{3}}} \implies \cfrac{ 5 }{ -5 } \implies \text{\LARGE -1}`