Finding Slopes of two lines

Question

Given below are descriptions of two lines.

Line 1: Goes through (-4,1)

(4,3)Line 2: Goes through (0,5) and (4,6)

The slope of Line 1 is    

The slope of Line 2 is 

Answer 1

Use the definition of sliope:

m = (y₁ - y₂) / (x₁ - x₂)