Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (3, -1) and (7, 1)?

Answer 1

slope =
`(1)/(2)`

Explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (3, - 1) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (7, 1)

m =
`(1+1)/(7-3)` =
`(2)/(4)` =
`(1)/(2)`