Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (3, 1) and (–2, 5)?
A -5/4
B 4/5
C -4/5
D 5/4

Answer 1

What is the formula for slope?

Answer 2

To calculate the slope of a line you need only two points from that line, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2). The equation used to calculate the slope from two points is: On a graph, this can be represented as:
cstl.syr.edu/fipse/grapha/unit4/unit4a.html

Answer 3

that's not the slope formula

Answer 4

also, I'm not sure why you are asking with that resource that tells you exactly how to do it

Answer 5

slope=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

Answer 6

Still really confused

Answer 7

ok, where?

Answer 8

with the whole thing..

Answer 9

starting where?

Answer 10

basically the whole slope thing, we just learned this today and I don't understand this problem one bit

Answer 11

Step One: Identify two points on the line.--> what are your points?
Step Two: Select one to be (x1, y1) and the other to be (x2, y2).---->Just pick which is which
Step Three: Use the slope equation to calculate slope.--->plug and chug

Answer 12

so, start with step 1, can you do that?