Question

What is slope of BE/ slope of AE in simplest form?

A. 4
B. 5/4
C. 25/4
D. 5
the answer is 4 can someone explain why that is, Cause I do not understand it

Answer 1

Basically, you calculate your ratio and find what its is, but after that, you have to simplify it, giving you 4.

Explanation:

Answer 2

C. 25/4

Explanation:

Remember to calculate the slope you jus have to use the nect formula:

`slope=(y^(2)- y^(1) )/(x^(2) -x^(1) )`

So you just firs pick your two points on each segment, to make it easier we would select in both segments the inital and final point:

BE= (3,0)(4,5)

AE=(0,0)(4,5)

So to calculate the slope of BE we just put the values into the formula:

`slope=(y^(2)- y^(1) )/(x^(2) -x^(1) )`

`slope=(5-0)/(4-3)`

`slope=(5)/(1)`

`slope=5`

So to calculate the slope of AE we just put the values into the formula:

`slope=(y^(2)- y^(1) )/(x^(2) -x^(1) )`

`slope=(5-0)/(4-0)`

`slope=(5)/(4)`

So now that you have both slope you just make the division:

`(slopeBE)/(slopeAE)`

`(5)/((4)/(5))`

`(25)/(4)`

So the answer to the problem would be
`(25)/(4)`