What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(4, 6), (2, 1)$ $(4,6) , (2,1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-11T20:27:55

$\frac{5}{2}$ $5/2$

The slope, $m$ $m$ , of the line is given by:

$m = \frac{change in y}{change in x}$ $m = "change in y" / "change in x"$

$\ \ \ \= (Deltay) / (Deltax)$

$\ \ \ \= (6-1) / (4-2)$

$\ \ \ \= 5/2$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (4,6) , (2,1) (4,6),(2,1)(4,6) , (2,1) ?