SOLUTION: So i'm working on this problem or whatever and it told me to find find the slope of the line graphed below. The coordinates were (-1,-1) and (4,2) i looked up someways and it told

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Question 1071104: So i'm working on this problem or whatever and it told me to find find the slope of the line graphed below. The coordinates were (-1,-1) and (4,2) i looked up someways and it told me m=rise/run and y2-y1/x2-x1 and i did that like so... -1-4 over -1-2 and it gave me -5 over -3 is this right or did i do someting wrong
Thanks ~Leila
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-1,-1) and (4,2) i looked up someways and it told me m=rise/run and y2-y1/x2-x1 and i did that like so... -1-4 over -1-2 and it gave me -5 over -3
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That's almost correct.
It's (-1-2)/(-1-4) = -3/-5
slope = 3/5

Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given points, (-1,-1) and (4,2).

Slope?
Vertical change divided by horizontal change. Take your pick which way to go...

%282-%28-1%29%29%2F%284-%28-1%29%29=%282%2B1%29%2F%284%2B1%29=highlight%283%2F5%29
OR
%28-1-2%29%2F%28-1-4%29=%28-3%29%2F%28-5%29=highlight%283%2F5%29

Answer by MathTherapy(10549) About Me  (Show Source):
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So i'm working on this problem or whatever and it told me to find find the slope of the line graphed below. The coordinates were (-1,-1) and (4,2) i looked up someways and it told me m=rise/run and y2-y1/x2-x1 and i did that like so... -1-4 over -1-2 and it gave me -5 over -3 is this right or did i do someting wrong
Thanks ~Leila
As you correctly stated, 

However, you had: . I hope you saw your error.