What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1, 6), (- 2, - 5)$ $(1,6) , (-2, -5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-20T17:57:43

The slope $= \frac{11}{3}$ $=11/3$

The points are:
$(1, 6) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(1,6) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 2, - 5) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-2, -5) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula:
slope $= \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1$

$= \frac{- 5 - 6}{- 2 - 1}$ $=(-5-6)/(-2-1$

$= \frac{- 11}{- 3}$ $=(-11)/(-3$

The slope $= \frac{11}{3}$ $=11/3$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (1,6) , (-2, -5) (1,6),(−2,−5)(1,6) , (-2, -5) ?