What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-1,3), (5, 4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-19T04:04:03

The slope is $1/6$ .

To find the slope given two points, we use the formula $"rise"/"run"$ , or $(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ .

Plug in the given points into the formula:
$(4-3)/(5-(-1)) = 1/6$

Therefore, the slope is $1/6$ .

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