What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-3,-2),(-4, 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-02T10:48:41

$y=-3x-11$

If you know two points of a line with coordinates $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ , then the equation for the line is

$\frac{x-x_2}{x_1-x_2} = \frac{y-y_2}{y_1-y_2}$

Plug your values:

$\frac{x+4}{-3+4} = \frac{y-1}{-2-1}$

$x+4 = \frac{y-1}{-3}$

$-3(x+4)=y-1$

$-3x-12=y-1$

$y=-3x-11$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-3,-2),(-4, 1) (-3,-2),(-4, 1) ?