Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (2, −5) and (4, 1)? 2 ​−4/5 ​ ​ 5/4 ​ 3

Answer 1

just use y2-y2/x2-x1

so

1+5 (because subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive)

4-2


6/2

or 3/1 which is the same as 3