Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (1, 6) and (13, 2)? Write your answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

`(\stackrel{x_1}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{6})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{13}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{2}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{2}-\stackrel{y1}{6}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{13}-\underset{x_1}{1}}} \implies \cfrac{ -4 }{ 12 } \implies {\Large \begin{array}{llll} - \cfrac{1 }{ 3 } \end{array}}`