Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the given points?

(3, 2) and (5, 12)

Answer 1

1. Choose one point as first point and other point as second point.
2. Subtract first y value from second y value
3. Subtract first x value from second x value
4. Divide the difference of y values by the difference of the x values
That is what is meant by the formula for the slope:
slope = m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)

Answer 2

so would the slope be -1/5

Answer 3

\[\frac{ (12-2) }{ (5-3) }\]

Answer 4

10/3

Answer 5

5-3=2

10/2 = 5