How do you find the slope of (3, 4) and (2, 1)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-29T16:05:28

The slope #=3#

The coordinates are:
#(3,4) = color(blue)((x_1 , y_1)#

#(2,1) = color(blue)((x_2 , y_2)#

The slope is calculated using formula:
Slope #=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) /(x_2 - x_1)#

# = (1-4) / (2-3)#

# = (-3) / (-1)#

# =3 #

The slope #=3#