How do you find the slope of the line through the following pairs of points (2,-1/2) and (5, 3/2)?

1 Answer
Jul 28, 2015

The slope is 2/3

Explanation:

Be a straight line passing through the points A and B of coordinates (x_A;y_A) and (x_B;y_B).

The line's slope is found by calculating:
(y_B-y_A)/(x_B-x_A)

In your case, that is:
(3/2-(-1/2))/(5-2)=(4/2)/3=2/3