Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (3, -2) and (-1,0)?

Answer 1

m=(0-(-2))/(-3-3)=(2)/(-6)=
-1/3

Answer 2

Remember slope = (difference in y)/(difference in x).

Answer 3

or rise/run was always taught to me

Answer 4

\[(y - y )/ (x - x)\]

Answer 5

What is the y in the first point?

Answer 6

@Slowly_Changing Is the y 3 or -2?

Answer 7

-2

Answer 8

That's right, now what is the y in the second point?

Answer 9

0

Answer 10

Good, so now you have the first part.
(-2 - 0)
Now what is the x in the first point? What is the x in the second point?

Answer 11

When you have the two y's or x's, it does not matter which order you subtract them. You could do -2 - 0 like I did, or you could do 0 - (-2). It doesn't matter.

Answer 12

@Slowly_Changing

Answer 13

What are the two x's?