Question

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

Answer 1

`m=1`

Explanation:

The formula to find slope, or gradient is
`(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)`
USing the given values, we can get
`(-4-1)/(0-5)`
`(-5)/(-5)`
which simplifies down to
`m=1`