What is the slope of the line between (6,5) and (1, -2 )?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-06T07:03:07

The slope $m$ is $7/5$ .

The equation to use is $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ , where $m$ is the slope.

Choose which point is $1$ and which is $2$ .

Point 1: $(6,5)$
Point 2: $(1,-2)$

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

Substitute the values from the points into the equation.

$m=(-2-5)/(1-6)$

$m=(-7)/(-5)$

$m=7/5$