What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(5, 4), (0, 3)$ $(5,4) ,(0,3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-29T09:47:49

$m = \frac{1}{5}$ $m=1/5$

Let

$x_{1} = 5$ $x_1=5$
$y_{1} = 4$ $y_1=4$
$x_{2} = 0$ $x_2=0$
$y_{2} = 3$ $y_2=3$

Then Slope -

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}} = \frac{3 - 4}{0 - 5} = \frac{- 1}{- 5} = \frac{1}{5}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(3-4)/(0-5)=(-1)/(-5)=1/5$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (5,4) ,(0,3) (5,4),(0,3)(5,4) ,(0,3) ?