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

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T14:16:45

The slope
$m=1/2$

The coordinates provided are
$(4,5) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(-4,1) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula
$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1$

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

$m=(-4)/(-8$

$m=1/2$

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