What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(4, 0), (-1,1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-29T14:49:00

The slope $= - 1/ 5$

The coordinates are:
$(4,0) = color(blue)(x_1, y_1$

$(-1,1) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2$

The slope is calculated using formula:
Slope $=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) / (x_2 - x_1)$

$= (1-0) / (-1-4)$

$= (1) / (-5)$

$= - 1/ 5$

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