What is the slope of the line passing through the points (–3, 4) and (2, –1)?

A.

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B.
–1

C.

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D.
1

Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (–3, 4) and (2, –1)?
 
 A.
 
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 B.
–1
 
 C.
 
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 D.
1

anonymous · Answer

what are the answer choices for A and C?

anonymous · Answer

go with 
" 07_04_LQ_3d.gif " because C is usually correct

igreen · Answer

$m = \dfrac{-1-4}{2+3}$

Simplify

anonymous · Answer

^^^ iGreen is correct. follow those steps

anonymous · Answer

A. 3/5

chosenmatt · Answer

yes what @iGreen  said

anonymous · Answer

C -5/3

chosenmatt · Answer

:( why am i always the last person to say something xD

anonymous · Answer

from -3  to 2 is right five units 
from 4 to -1 is down five 
right five, down five, same as right one down one, slope is $-1$

igreen · Answer

Oh wait, you were just telling us what the options were :P

anonymous · Answer

yes

igreen · Answer

@satellite73 You're not supposed to give answers..

anonymous · Answer

or you can do it the math teacher way 
$$\frac{4-(-1)}{3-(-2)}$$ yeah but at at least i gave an explanation, not a slave to a formula

igreen · Answer

You're still not supposed to give answers, explanation or no.

chosenmatt · Answer

um...i think im gonna go....bye....lol

igreen · Answer

Lol

anonymous · Answer

trying to make some sense out of what it means
any donkey can compute 
$$\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$$ but it takes a human being to understand that it means the vertical direction up or down for a single increase in x