Question

A line contains points M(1, 3) and N(5, 0). What is the slope of MN?

Answer 1

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\(\sf\Large Slope = \frac{\color{blue}{y_2}-\color{red}{y_1}}{\color{green}{x_2}-\color{purple}{x_1}}\)

Where the two points are in the form:

\(\sf\Large (\color{purple}{x_1},\color{red}{y_1})~and~(\color{green}{x_2},\color{blue}{y_2})\)

Answer 2

It doesn't matter which point you chose to be \(\sf (x_1, y_1)\) or \(\sf (x_2, y_2)\)

Both will give you the same answer. @dominic9