Question

Can someone please answer this?

What is the slope of a line that passes through points (1,5) and (3,1)?

Answer 1

Slope = -2

Explanation:

(x₁, y₁) = (1 , 5) and (x₂ , y₂) = (3 , 1)

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

`= (1- 5)/(3 - 1)\\\\=(-4)/(2)\\\\= - 2`