The slope formula equation is:
[tex]\frac{y_{1}-y_{2}}{x_{1}-x_{2}}[/tex]
Given the two sets of coordinates (1,4) and (5,12), we can plug in these coordinates for the x and y values in the equation:
[tex]\frac{4-12}{1-5}[/tex]
This can be simplified:
[tex]\frac{-8}{-4}=\frac{8}{4}=\frac{2}{1}=2[/tex]
The slope is 2.
I hope this helps ;)
Hello!
To find the slope of a line, you divide the difference in y-values by the difference in the x-values as shown below.
[tex]\frac{12-4}{5-1} =\frac{8}{4} = 2[/tex]
Therefore, your slope is 2.
I hope this helps!
