Tuesday 30 September 2014

FINDING SLOPE 1


Find the slope of a line which passes through (10, 1) and (14, 8)

Solution

x1 = 10,  y1 =1,  x2 = 14,  y2 = 8

m = y2 –y1
       x2 – x1

m =   8 –1
        14 –10

m =   7
         4

Hence the slope is 7/4


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