What is the slope of the line passing through A(6,-8) and B(3,4) ?

This is how you would find slope...

y2-y1 over x2-x1

Here's a sample problem:
(3, 1) and (5, 4)

identify the coordinates.
X1 = 3
Y1 = 1
X2 = 5
Y2 = 4

plug the numbers into the formula
M = 4 - 1 / 5 - 3
M = 3 / 2 (Answer)