What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-5, 9), (4,11)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-23T17:17:30

The slope is

$color(blue)(m=(2)/(9)$

The points are:

$(-5,9) = color(blue)((x_1,y_1)$

$(4, 11) = color(blue)((x_2,y_2)$

The slope is found using formula

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m=(11-9)/(4-(-5))$

$m=(2)/(4+5)$

$m=(2)/(9)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-5, 9), (4,11) (-5, 9), (4,11)?