What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(4,0), (-1, 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-05T17:33:32

The slope
$m=-1$

The points are

$(4,0) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(-1,5) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m=(5-0)/(-1-4)$

$m=(5)/(-5)$

$m=-1$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (4,0), (-1, 5) (4,0), (-1, 5) ?