What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(5, 3), (- 3, 1)$ $(5, 3), (-3, 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-17T14:14:56

The slope
$m = \frac{1}{4}$ $m=1/4$

The coordinates provided are
$(5, 3) = x_{1}, y_{1}$ $(5,3) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(- 3, 1) = x_{2}, y_{2}$ $(-3,1) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The slope is found using formula
$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $color(blue)(m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1$

$m = \frac{1 - 3}{- 3 - 5}$ $m=(1-3)/(-3-5$

$m = \frac{- 2}{- 8}$ $m=(-2)/(-8$

$m = \frac{1}{4}$ $m=1/4$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (5, 3), (-3, 1) (5,3),(−3,1)(5, 3), (-3, 1) ?