What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(1, 6), (3, - 1)$ $(1,6) ,(3, -1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-18T02:20:42

m = -7/2

The slope of a line can be computed with two points using the point-slope equation:

$y_{2} - y_{1} = m (x_{2} - x_{1})$ $y_2-y_1 = m(x_2-x_1)$

$- 1 - 6 = m (3 - 1)$ $-1-6 = m(3-1)$

$- 7 = 2 m$ $-7 = 2m$

$\Rightarrow m = - \frac{7}{2}$ $=> color(green)(m = -7/2)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (1,6) ,(3, -1) (1,6),(3,−1)(1,6) ,(3, -1) ?