Slope of any given line that passes the points [tex](x_{1} ,y_{1})[/tex] and [tex](x_{2} ,y_{2})[/tex] has a slope of [tex]slope= \frac{(y_{1}-y_{2})}{(x_{1}-x_{2})} = \frac{(y_{2}-y_{1})}{(x_{2}-x_{1})} [/tex] so slop of this line will be [tex]slope = \frac{(-2)-3}{8-7} = \frac{3-(-2)}{7-8}= -5[/tex] Slope is -5 Hope this helps!
