Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-3, -8) and (5,6) . please help me

Answer 1

sweetie it is simple .. let me help you

Answer 2

please that would be nice

Answer 3

do you know the the formula for finding slope?

Answer 4

x,y

Answer 5

no....
it is something like
y2-y1/x2-x1 ... strikes anything familiar?

Answer 6

nope

Answer 7

ok well let me start from scratch ...
see you are given two points let us name them a and b ok?

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

let me use your problem as an example ...

Answer 10

in your question let us take point a to be (-3,-8) and point b to be as (5,6)

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

ok now answer these questions ...
which is the x and y coordinate of A?

Answer 13

x is -3 and y is -8 for A

Answer 14

good! now for b?

Answer 15

x is 5 and y is 6

Answer 16

nice!

Answer 17

well now slope =\[ y (cord .a)- y(cord.b)\]

Answer 18

divided by x(cord of a)-x(cord of b)

Answer 19

tell me w\hat you get?

Answer 20

-1.6666667

Answer 21

minus?

Answer 22

oh so i subtract -3 and 5

Answer 23

yes you get -8 in the bottom and -14 on the top

Answer 24

did you get that?

Answer 25

thats for both
like A and B

Answer 26

your answer will be 1.75

Answer 27

just answer me whether you got 1.75

Answer 28

ya

Answer 29

great now listen we took point a as (-3,-8) and b as (5,6) right? ... now what happens if we take a as (5,6) and b as (-3,-8)

Answer 30

idk

Answer 31

find the answer ... the same formula i just gave you

Answer 32

y (a) -y(b) / x(a) -x(b)

Answer 33

what you get?

Answer 34

8/14 = 1.75