Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (4, 3) and (1, -5)?

Answer 1

y = − x +1

Explanation:

The equation of the line having slope of

−

1

, passing through point

(

4

,

−

3

)

is

y

−

y

1

=

m

(

x

−

x

1

)

or

y

+

3

=

−

1

(

x

−

4

)

or

y

=

−

x

+

1

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