Question

The slope of the line that passes through the points (0,3) and (5, 13) is

Answer 1

The slope is given by

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

Then

$\begin{gathered} m=\frac{13-3}{5-0} \\ =\frac{10}{5} \\ =2 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the slope between the points is 2.