What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(8, 2), (1, 4)$ $(8,2) , (1, 4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-06T05:23:43

$m = - \frac{2}{7}$ $m=-2/7$

the slope is
$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

then
$m = \frac{4 - 2}{1 - 8}$ $m=(4-2)/(1-8)$
$m = - \frac{2}{7}$ $m=-2/7$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (8,2) , (1, 4)(8,2),(1,4) (8,2) , (1, 4)?