SOLUTION: the slope of the line joining the point (-2,-3) and (4,-1) is?

Question 224545: the slope of the line joining the point (-2,-3) and (4,-1) is?
Answer by drj(1380) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The slope of the line joining the point (-2,-3) and (4,-1) is?

Step 1. The slope of the line m is given as

where for our example is x1=-2, y1=-3, x2=4 and y2=-1 (think of ). You can choose the points the other way around but be consistent with the x and y coordinates. You will get the same result.

Step 2. Substituting the above values in the slope equation gives

Step 3. ANSWER: The slope is calculated as or

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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