How do you find the slope given (10, –4) and (3, 8)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-16T00:19:35

The slope between the two points is #-12/7#.

Use the slope formula:

#m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)#

Plug in our values:

#m=(8-(-4))/(3-10)#

#color(white)m=(8+4)/(-7)#

#color(white)m=12/(-7)#

#color(white)m=-12/7#

That's the slope. Hope this helped!