Question

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

3

​ 5/4 ​

2

​−4/5
please show your work ​

Answer 1

slope = 3

to calculate the slope m use the ' gradient formula '

m =
`\frac{y_{2-y_(1) } }{x_{2-x_(1) } }`

with (
`x_(1)`,
`y_(1)`) = (2, -5 ) and (
`x_(2)`,
`y_(2)`) = (4, 1)

m=
`(1+5)/(4-2)` =
`(6)/(2)` = 3