SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line that contains the points (-4,-2) and (1,1) and find the correct answer below: a) 5/3 b)3/5 c)1/3 d)-5/3 Thanks so much for any help with explain

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Question 102649: Find the slope of the line that contains the points (-4,-2) and (1,1) and find the correct answer below:
a) 5/3 b)3/5 c)1/3 d)-5/3
Thanks so much for any help with explaining this process.
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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the slope


Slope of the line through the points (-4, -2) and (1, 1)



m+=+%28y%5B2%5D+-+%28y%5B1%5D%29%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D+-+%28x%5B1%5D%29%29


m+=+%281+-+%28-2%29%29%2F%281+-+%28-4%29%29


m+=+%281+%2B+2%29%2F%281+%2B+4%29


m+=+%283%29%2F%285%29


Answer: Slope is m+=+3%2F5





So the answer is B