Question

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

Answer 1

@Monkey4224

Answer 2

i think its d?

Answer 3

and it doesnt come with a picture (just to let you know)

Answer 4

no idea.@pooja195 @triciaal @Michele_Laino @Kainui

Answer 5

evaluate
\[\frac{y_1-y_2}{x_1-x_2} \\ \text{ where } (x_1,y_1)=(-3,4) \text{ and } (x_2,y_2)=(2,-1)\]

Answer 6

ohh ok let me try the work

Answer 7

what is 2-(-3)?

Answer 8

2-(-3) is the same as 2+3
since - times a - is positive

Answer 9

ok so that means that i got -1! thx

Answer 10

@freckles btw your expression i had to do it backwards so that i made sense

Answer 11

\[\frac{4-(-1)}{-3-2} \text{ is the same as } \frac{-1-4}{2-(-3)} \\ \]
either way gives you the correct slope

Answer 12

either way makes sense
that is
\[\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \text{ is the same as computing } \frac{y_1-y_2}{x_1-x_2}\]

Answer 13

oh cuz my math teacher told me to do it backwards from the original way you wrote it but any way thx

Answer 14

i fan btw and medal too