Question

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

Answer 1

\[
slope= \frac{y_2-y_1} {x_2-x_1}
\]

Answer 2

Can you finish it now?

Answer 3

(1, 1) and (–1, –5)?
\[

slope= \frac{y_2-y_1} {x_2-x_1}= \frac{-5-1} {-1-1}=3
\]