Question

What is the slope of a line that passes through the point (−5, 3) and is parallel to a line that passes through (2, 13) and (−4, −11)?

Answer 1

Parallel slopes are equal.
So use the (2,13) and (-4,-11)
and find the slope using the slope formula.
\[m = \frac{ y_2-y_1 }{ x_2-x_1 }\]

Answer 2

well... what's the slope of the line that passes through (2, 13) and (−4, −11) ?

Answer 3

\[m = \frac{ 13 + 11 }{ -4 - 2} ?\]

Answer 4

no.
y2 - y1
-------
x2 - x1

Answer 5

\[m = \frac{ -11-13 }{ -4 - 2 } = \]

Answer 6

oh right
so -11 - 13 = -24
-4 - 2 = -6
-24
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-6

Answer 7

yes you can simplify it further

Answer 8

4

Answer 9

Correct, your slope is 4 or 4/1.

Answer 10

ok thank you!