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

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-25T12:25:03

The slope is $1/6$ .

Gradient formula is given by: $m=(y_1-y_2)/(x_1-x_2)$

Apply gradient formula,

$m=(2-1)/(4--2)$
$color(white)(m)=1/6$

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