Question

What is the slope of a line that passes through the points (2, 1) and (8, 9)?

Answer 1

Here x1 = 2 and x2 = 8

y1 = 1 and y2 = 9

As we know that :

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

=> m = ( 9 - 1 )/( 8 - 2 )

=> m = 8/6 = 4/3

So, the slope of the line will be 4/3