What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(- 2, - 4), (4, - 1)$ $(-2, -4) , (4,-1)$ ?

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What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(- 2, - 4), (4, - 1)$ $(-2, -4) , (4,-1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-08T00:46:33

The slope, $m$ $m$ , is $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ .

Explanation:

The equation for finding the slope when you have two points on a line is $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ , where $m$ $m$ is the slope, $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ $(x_1,y_1)$ is one point, and $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ $(x_2,y_2)$ is the other point.

Point 1: $(- 2, - 4)$ $(-2,-4)$
Point 2: $(4, - 1)$ $(4,-1)$

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

Substitute the known values into the equation.

$m = \frac{- 1 - (- 4)}{4 - (- 2)}$ $m=(-1-(-4))/(4-(-2))$

Simplify.

$m = \frac{- 1 + 4}{4 + 2}$ $m=(-1+4)/(4+2)$

Simplify.

$m = \frac{3}{6}$ $m=3/6$

Simplify.

$m = \frac{1}{2}$ $m=1/2$

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