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 $- \frac{12}{7}$ $-12/7$ .

Use the slope formula:

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

Plug in our values:

$m = \frac{8 - (- 4)}{3 - 10}$ $m=(8-(-4))/(3-10)$

$m = \frac{8 + 4}{- 7}$ $color(white)m=(8+4)/(-7)$

$m = \frac{12}{- 7}$ $color(white)m=12/(-7)$

$m = - \frac{12}{7}$ $color(white)m=-12/7$

That's the slope. Hope this helped!