Question

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

7
-14
0
14

Answer 1

do you know the slope formula?

Answer 2

is it x^1-y^1 over x^2 - y^2??

Answer 3

close but it's
\[m=\frac{ y _{2}-y _{1} }{ x _{2}-x _{1} }\]

Answer 4

ohh okay

Answer 5

okay so now you plug in each value
so
y2=-6
y1=8
x2=-3
x1=-4

Answer 6

-2/-1

Answer 7

how'd you get that?

Answer 8

i plugged everything in and got 6-8 over 3-4 and did the subtraction and got my answer, Is it wrong?

Answer 9

yea because it's not positive 6 it's -6

it's not positive 3 it's -3

Answer 10

oh i forgot to add in the negatives let me re do it

Answer 11

ok so its -6-8 over -3-4 giving me -14/-7

Answer 12

yea but something seems off

Answer 13

what do you mean?

Answer 14

if you divide them, you get 2 which isn't an answer choice