Choose the correct slope of the line that passes through the points (-4, 8) and (-3, -6).

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anonymous · Answer

Slope is change in y over change in x.  Know how to find that?

anonymous · Answer

No please help :)

anonymous · Answer

I dont want answer I wanna know how to do it my self

anonymous · Answer

If the slop is m, then the formula is:

$m=\dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

So you pick one point as $(x_1,y_1)$ and the other as $(x_2,y_2)$ and then you can put them in that formula.

anonymous · Answer

The change in y is the difference in y.  Change and difference have similar meanings.  Well, difference has a special meaning in math: subtraction.  So by subtracting the y of the first point from the y of the second, you get the top value of the fraction.  Similarly you find the x for the bottom.

anonymous · Answer

Here is another way to think about it:

Some random points, not yours:
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anonymous · Answer

So (-4,8) and (-3,-6)?

anonymous · Answer

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