Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (-3,4) and (4,-1)?

Answer 1

The fromula of a slope:

$m=\dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

We have (-3, 4) and (4, -1).

Substitute:

$m=\dfrac{-1-4}{4-(-3)}=\dfrac{-5}{4+3}=-\dfrac{5}{7}$