Question

Wha tia the slope of the line (-3,1) and (1,-2)?

Answer 1

Remember you can find the slope of the line between two points by taking
(y_1 - y_2) / (x_1 - x_2)
Say (-3, 1) is point 1 and (1, -2) is point 2. Can you use the appropriate values in the equation to find the slope?

Answer 2

**what is the slope of the line containing (-3,1) and (1,-2)

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

Let's start by defining the coordinates.
If "point 1" is (-3, 1), then y_1 = 1 and x_1 = -3
Then for "point 2" (1, -2), y_2 = -2 and x_2 = 1.
We can then plug them into the equation:
Slope = (y_1 - y_2) / (x_1 - x_2)

Would you like to give it a try?

Answer 5

Sure I’ll do it on a piece of paper just a second

Answer 6

1-(-2)
———-
-3-1

Answer 7

Is that right?

Answer 8

Yup, so far so good! Keep going...

Answer 9

That equals -3/4

Answer 10

?

Answer 11

Great! I think you've found your slope. That looks right to me.

Answer 12

Ok. Thank you for the help:)

Answer 13

No problem :) I'm glad I could help