Question

How do you find the slope of the line passing through the points A(-2, 1) and B(3, 7)?

Answer 1

`"slope "=6/5`

Explanation:

To calculate slope use the `color(blue)"gradient formula"`

`color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1))color(white)(2/2)|)))`
where m represents the slope and `(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2)" 2 coordinate points"`

The 2 points here are (-2 ,1) and (3 ,7)

let `(x_1,y_1)=(-2,1)" and " (x_2,y_2)=(3,7)`

`rArrm=(7-1)/(3-(-2))=6/5`