Question

If a line falls on the points (6,8) and (1,5), what is its slope? Enter youranswer as a fraction in lowest terms. Use a slash mark (/) as the fractionbar.

Answer 1

Let:

$\begin{gathered} (x1,y1)=(6,8) \\ (x2,y2)=(1,5) \end{gathered}$

The slope m is given by:

$m=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}=\frac{5-8}{1-6}=\frac{-3}{-5}=\frac{3}{5}$