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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (2, −5) and (4, 1)?

3

​ 5/4 ​

2

​−4/5
please show your work ​

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slope = 3

to calculate the slope m use the ' gradient formula '

m =
\frac{y_{2-y_(1) } }{x_{2-x_(1) } }

with (
x_(1),
y_(1)) = (2, -5 ) and (
x_(2),
y_(2)) = (4, 1)

m=
(1+5)/(4-2) =
(6)/(2) = 3


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