slope of (1,1),(4,-1/2) — step-by-step solution

The slope between the two points is

\frac{y₂ - y₁}{x₂ - x₁}

\frac{- \frac{1}{2} - 1}{4 - 1}

⇥ℹ

- \frac{1}{2} - 1

\frac{- 1 - 1 \cdot 2}{2}

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4 - 1

3

⇥

\frac{\frac{- 1 - 1 \cdot 2}{2}}{3}

⇥

\frac{\frac{- 1 - 2}{2}}{3}

⇥

\frac{- \frac{3}{2}}{3}

⇥

- \frac{\frac{3}{2}}{3}

⇥

- \frac{3}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{3}

⇥

- \frac{3}{6}

▶Slope:

- \frac{1}{2}