What is the slope of the line between (6,5) and (1, -2 )?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-06T07:03:07

The slope $m$ $m$ is $\frac{7}{5}$ $7/5$ .

The equation to use is $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$ , where $m$ $m$ is the slope.

Choose which point is $1$ $1$ and which is $2$ $2$ .

Point 1: $(6, 5)$ $(6,5)$
Point 2: $(1, - 2)$ $(1,-2)$

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

Substitute the values from the points into the equation.

$m = \frac{- 2 - 5}{1 - 6}$ $m=(-2-5)/(1-6)$

$m = \frac{- 7}{- 5}$ $m=(-7)/(-5)$

$m = \frac{7}{5}$ $m=7/5$