Question

What is the slope of (1, 3) and (5, 2)?

Answer 1

The slope of a line is the rise over run.

Explanation:

To calculate slope, the formula is:

`= (y^2-y^1)/(x^2-x^1)`

In this case

`= (2-3)/(5-1)`

`= -1/4`

The slope is `-1/4`