Question

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (5,3) and (-1, -1). You must reduce your answer.Write your answer as a fraction

Answer 1

you can calculate the slope of a line if you have two points, the slope formula is:

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

where (x2,y2) is the rightmost point, for this case (5,3) and (x1,y1) is the other point, So:

`m=((3)-(-1))/((5)-(-1))`
`m=(3+1)/(5+1)\text{ = }(4)/(6)`

We can reduce the answer

`(4)/(6)\text{ = }(2)/(3)`

Finally, the slope of the line is:

`(2)/(3)`