What is the slope of the line that goes through (-3,12) and (4,-17)?

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NJ
Mar 18, 2018

-29/7

Explanation:

We are given: p_1=(color(blue)(x_1),color(red)(y_1))=(color(blue)(-3),color(red)(12))
We are given: p_2=(color(orange)(x_2),color(green)(y_2))=(color(orange)(4),color(green)(-17))

The slope is given as: m = ((color(green)(y_2)-color(red)(y_1)))/((color(orange)(x_2)-color(blue)(x_1))) = ((color(green)((-17))-color(red)(12)))/((color(orange)(4)-color(blue)((-3)))) = -(29)/(7)

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