How do you find the slope of (5,6) , (3,2)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-11T04:04:15

The slope is $m = -4/-2 = 2$

The slope a line that is perpendicular to a given line would be the inverse slope of the given line

$m = a/b$ the perpendicular slope would be $m =-b/a$

The formula for the slope of a line based upon two coordinate points is

$m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

For the coordinate points $(5,6) and (3,2)$
$x_1 = 5$
$x_2 = 3$
$y_1 = 6$
$y_2 = 2$

$m = (2-6)/(3-5)$

$m = (-4)/-2$

The slope is $m = (-4)/-2 = 2$