Answer
$m = -\frac{3}{8}$
Work Step by Step
First, we want to find two points on the graph we can work with. We see one point at $(-5, 2)$ and another at $(3, -1)$.
Let's use the formula to find the slope $m$ given two points:
$m = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}$
Let's plug in the values into this formula:
$m = \frac{-1 - 2}{3 - (-5)}$
Subtract the numerator and denominator to simplify:
$m = -\frac{3}{8}$
