Question

How do you find the slope for (1, 3) and (-3, 5)?

Answer 1

Slope between `(1,3)` and `(-3,5)` is `-1/2`

Explanation:

Given 2 points `(x_1,y_1)` and `(x_2,y_2)` the slope is defined as
`color(white)("XXX")m=(Delta y)/(Delta x) = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

For the given points this becomes
`color(white)("XXX")m = (5-3)/((-3)-1) = 2/(-4) = -1/2`