Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: `(4,1),(-2,0)`?

Answer 1

`slope=1/6`

Explanation:

`P_1=(4,1)`
`P_2=(-2,0)`
`Delta x=P_"2x"-P_"1x"=-2-4=-6`
`Delta y=P_"2y"-P_"1y"=0-1=-1`
`slope=tan alpha=(Delta y)/(Delta x)`
`slope=(-1)/(-6)`
`slope=1/6`