What is the slope of the line that passes through (2, 5) and (4, 4)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-27T01:29:59

the slope is $-1/2$

gradient or slope is $"rise"/"run"$ ,

The rise of the function is,

$y_"1"-y_"2"$

The run of the function is,

$x_"1"-x_"2"$

leaving us with,

$(y_"1"-y_"2")/(x_"1"-x_"2")$

$=((4)-(5))/((4)-(2))$

$=-1/2$

the slope is $-1/2$