What is the slope of the line passing through $(6,9) ; (3,4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-01T17:51:00

The slope is $color(blue)(5/3$

The coordinates provided are:

$(6,9) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(3,4) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The formula for calculating the slope is : $color(blue)((y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1$

(ie; change in $y$ axis divided by change in $x$ axis)

$= (4-9) / (3-6)$

$= (-5) / (-3)$

$= 5/3$

What is the slope of the line passing through (6,9) ; (3,4) (6,9) ; (3,4)?