What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(0,5) ,(3, -1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-05T17:52:58

The slope
$color(blue)(m=-2$

The points are
$(0,5) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(3,-1) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2$

The slope is found using formula

$m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m=(-1-5)/(3-0)$

$m=(-6)/(3)$

$color(blue)(m=-2$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (0,5) ,(3, -1) (0,5) ,(3, -1) ?