Question

How do you find the slope of the line that passes through the given points (0, 6) and (20, 14)?

Answer 1

Use the slope formula to find `m=2/5`

Explanation:

Find the slope of the line through `(0,6)` and `(20,14)`

The formula for slope (`m`) is

`m=frac{color(red)(y_2)-color(blue)(y_1)}{color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1)}` where `(color(blue)(x_1), color(blue)(y_1))` and `(color(red)(x_2), color(red)(y_2))` are two points.

Let `(color(blue)(x_1), color(blue)(y_1)) = (color(blue)0, color(blue)6)` and `(color(red)(x_2), color(red)(y_2))=(color(red)(20), color(red)(14))`

`m=frac{color(red)(14)-color(blue)6}{color(red)(20)-color(blue)0]=8/20=2/5`