Question

What is the slope of the line shown below?

Answer 1

`m = \frac {1}{4}`

Explanation:

Slope formula

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Here

`(x_1, y_1) = (-3, -1) \ \ and \ \ (x_2, y_2)= (5, 1)`

Slope can be calculated as

`m = (1-(-1))/(5-(-3))`

`m = (2)/(8) \\m = \frac {1}{4}`