Question

Which of the following is the slope between the two points (1, 5) and (6, 4)?

My answer is 1/5

Am I right? :)

Answer 1

no, close.

Answer 2

-1/5 ?

Answer 3

yeah.

Answer 4

Thank you! :)

Answer 5

you're welcome.
This is how you easily know if its negative:
If one is increasing while the other is decreasing, it's negative, as in this case, x goes from 1 to 6, while y goes from 5 to 4