Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (0, 5) and (4,2) ^ prime

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{0}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{5})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{2}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{2}-\stackrel{y1}{5}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{4}-\underset{x_1}{0}}} \implies \cfrac{ -3 }{ 4 } \implies {\Large \begin{array}{llll} - \cfrac{ 3 }{ 4 } \end{array}}`