What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0, -6) ; (1,5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-22T17:39:24

The slope
$m=(11)/(1)$

The points are
$(0,-6) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(1,5) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope can be calculated by

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

$m=(5-(-6))/(1-0)$

$m=(5+6)/(1-0)$

$m=(11)/(1)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0, -6) ; (1,5) (0, -6) ; (1,5) ?