What is the slope of the line that passes through (2, 5) and (4, 4)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-27T01:29:59

the slope is $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

gradient or slope is $\frac{rise}{run}$ $"rise"/"run"$ ,

The rise of the function is,

$y_{1} - y_{2}$ $y_"1"-y_"2"$

The run of the function is,

$x_{1} - x_{2}$ $x_"1"-x_"2"$

leaving us with,

$\frac{y_{1} - y_{2}}{x_{1} - x_{2}}$ $(y_"1"-y_"2")/(x_"1"-x_"2")$

$= \frac{(4) - (5)}{(4) - (2)}$ $=((4)-(5))/((4)-(2))$

$= - \frac{1}{2}$ $=-1/2$

the slope is $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$