What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(3,2),(1,-3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-19T13:42:36

Slope is $5/2$

Slope of a line passing through two points is given by $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ is given by $(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ .

Hence in the instant case, slope between the two points is given by $(-3-2)/(1-3)$ or $(-5)/-2$

or $5/2$

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