What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(5, 1), (- 1, 4)$ $(5, 1) , (-1,4)$ ?

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What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(5, 1), (- 1, 4)$ $(5, 1) , (-1,4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-09T10:19:40

The slope of the line is $- \frac{1}{2}$ $-1/2$

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The slope of the line; $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}} = \frac{4 - 1}{- 1 - 5} = \frac{3}{- 6} = - \frac{1}{2}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) = (4-1)/(-1-5)=3/(-6)=-1/2$ [Ans]

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