How do you find the slope of (-4,4) , (2, -5)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T14:52:55

$m = - \frac{3}{2}$ $m = -3/2$

The slope can be found by using the formula:

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

where $m$ $m$ is the slope and $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ $(x_1, y_1)$ and (x_2, y_2)# are the two points.

Substituting the given values:

$m = \frac{- 5 - 4}{2 - (- 4)}$ $m = (-5-4)/(2-(-4))$

$m = - \frac{9}{6}$ $m = -9/6$

$m = - \frac{3}{2}$ $m = -3/2$