SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line that contains the points (3, 4) and (1, 2)?

Question 590906: What is the slope of the line that contains the points (3, 4) and (1, 2)?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, josmiceli:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: is the first point . So this means that and .
Also, is the second point . So this means that and .

Start with the slope formula.

Plug in , , , and

Subtract from to get

Subtract from to get

Reduce

So the slope of the line that goes through the points and is

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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
slope = ( change in y ) / ( change in x )
slope = ( 4 - 2 ) / ( 3 - 1 )
slope = 2/2
slope = 1
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