Question

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (1, –5) and (4, 1)?

Answer 1

A. 2
B. -4/5
C. 5/4
D.-2

Answer 2

@iambatman

Answer 3

\[m = \frac{ y_{2}-y _{1} }{ x _{2}-x _{1} }\] m is your slope, plug and chug.

Answer 4

so -2?

Answer 5

wait..i think that's wrong

Answer 6

Write it out on a piece of paper, for crying out loud don't do it in your head.

Answer 7

sorry..

Answer 8

Ok so try again, what do you get?

Answer 9

(x^1-y^1) (x^2-y^2)

Answer 10

^ what? lol

Answer 11

@iambatman I just put that just to help the user which one is x, and y.

Answer 12

I think I got the setup correct..

Answer 13

Still don't know why you did that, I already gave the right formula XD

Answer 14

Yes, I understand. I put that so he knows where to put the numbers in "your" formula

Answer 15

-4/5 but im not positive, think I missed something

Answer 16

Incorrect.

Di you plug in the numbers where it belongs?

Answer 17

did*

Answer 18

I don't think so