Question

What is the slope of this line?
6,6
2,4

Answer 1

To find the slope of a line given two points \((x_1, y_1)\) and \((x_2, y_2)\), you can use the formula:

\[
\text{slope} (m) = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}
\]

In your case, the points are \((6, 6)\) and \((2, 4)\).

Let \((x_1, y_1) = (6, 6)\) and \((x_2, y_2) = (2, 4)\).

Now plug the values into the formula:

\[
m = \frac{4 - 6}{2 - 6} = \frac{-2}{-4} = \frac{1}{2}
\]

The slope of the line is \(\frac{1}{2}\).