What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(-4, -1), (1,6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-31T17:13:57

Slope $= (7 )/(5)$

The coordinates are:
$(-4, - 1) = color(blue)(x_1 , y_1$

$(1 , 6) = color(blue)(x_2 , y_2$

Slope is calculated using formula:

Slope $=color(blue)((y_2 - y_1) / (x_2 - x_1)$
(change in $y$ axis divided by change in $x$ axis)

$= (6 - (-1))/(1 - (-4))$

$= (6 + 1 )/(1 + 4)$

$= (7 )/(5)$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (-4, -1), (1,6) (-4, -1), (1,6) ?