To find the slope of the line that contains the points 15 and 32, we first need to clarify what we mean by ‘points 15 and 32’. If we assume these represent points on a coordinate plane, we can interpret them as two points: (x1, y1) = (1, 5) and (x2, y2) = (3, 2) for example.
The formula for calculating the slope (m) between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is:
m = (y2 – y1) / (x2 – x1)
Now substituting our example points into the formula, we get:
m = (2 – 5) / (3 – 1)
m = (-3) / (2)
m = -1.5
Therefore, the slope of the line that contains the points we considered is -1.5. The slope tells us that for every unit increase in x, y decreases by 1.5 units, indicating a downward trend in the line.