SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line passing through (-3,2) and (-1,-4)?

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Question 696658: What is the slope of the line passing through (-3,2) and (-1,-4)?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Note: is the first point . So this means that x%5B1%5D=-3 and y%5B1%5D=2.
Also, is the second point . So this means that x%5B2%5D=-1 and y%5B2%5D=-4.


m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29 Start with the slope formula.


m=%28-4-2%29%2F%28-1--3%29 Plug in y%5B2%5D=-4, y%5B1%5D=2, x%5B2%5D=-1, and x%5B1%5D=-3


m=%28-6%29%2F%28-1--3%29 Subtract 2 from -4 to get -6


m=%28-6%29%2F%282%29 Subtract -3 from -1 to get 2


m=-3 Reduce


So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is m=-3