Question

Given the two ordered pairs, find the slope of the line that passes through them.

(-8, 9) (3, -5)

Answer 1

Do you know the slope formula?

Answer 2

@gitahimart

Answer 3

use the slope formula:
slope = (y1-y2)/(x1-x2)
=(9--5)/(-8-3)
=??

Answer 4

\[m~= ~~{y_{2}-y_{1}\over x_{2}-x_{1}}~~~\rightarrow~~{-5-9\over3-(-8)}~~~\rightarrow~~{-14\over11}\]