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What is the slope of the line passing through the points (1, 2) and (5, 4)?
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(\stackrel{x_1}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{2})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{5}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{4}) ~\hfill \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{4}-\stackrel{y1}{2}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{5}-\underset{x_1}{1}}}\implies \cfrac{2}{4}\implies \cfrac{1}{2}

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