What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (4, 2) , (-2, 4)?
2 Answers
Mar 30, 2018
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
The formula for find the slope of a line is:
Where
Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:
Mar 30, 2018
Explanation:
"to calculate the slope m use the "color(blue)"gradient formula"
•color(white)(x)m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)
"let "(x_1,y_1)=(4,2)" and "(x_2,y_2)=(-2,4)
rArrm=(4-2)/(-2-4)=2/(-6)=-1/3