What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(2, 7), (5, 1)$ $(2,7) , (5,1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-04T10:17:29

Slope of the line is $- 2$ $-2$ .

Slope of a line passing through $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ $(x_2,y_2)$ is given by

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

As the given points are $(2, 7)$ $(2,7)$ and $(5, 1)$ $(5,1)$ , slope of line is given by

$\frac{1 - 7}{5 - 2} = - \frac{6}{3} = - 2$ $(1-7)/(5-2)=-6/3=-2$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (2,7) , (5,1)(2,7),(5,1) (2,7) , (5,1)?