Question

Find the slope of the line that passesthrough these two points.(2,3)(7,-2)m =y2-yiX2-X1m = [?]Simplify Completely.

Answer 1

We have the following points:

$\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(2,3) \\ (x_2,y_2)=(7,-2) \end{gathered}$

By substuting the point values into the slope formula, we have

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{-2-3}{7-2}$

which gives

$m=\frac{-5}{5}$

Therefore, the answer is: m= -1