What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(10,8) , (4, 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-26T14:56:07

The slope is $1/3$

The slope can be found by using the formula: $m = (color(red)(y_2) - color(blue)(y_1))/(color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1))$

Where $m$ is the slope and ( $color(blue)(x_1, y_1)$ ) and ( $color(red)(x_2, y_2)$ ) are the two points on the line.

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

$m = (color(red)(6) - color(blue)(8))/(color(red)(4) - color(blue)(10)) = (-2)/-6 = 1/3$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (10,8) , (4, 6) (10,8) , (4, 6)?