Question

What is the slope of a line passing through (2,3) and (4,1)?

Answer 1

Say the points are

(x1, y1) = (2, 3)

(x2, y2) = (4, 1)

Slope(m) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

m = (1 - 3) / (4 - 2)

m = - 2/2

m = - 1.

Slope of the line is - 1.