Question

What is the slope of the line joining (8, 1) and (24, 9)?

Answer 1

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slope=y2-y1/x2-x1


slope=9-1/24-8


slope=8/16


slope=1/2

Answer 2

`m=(1)/(2) =0.5`

Explanation:

Given straight line which crosses a pair of points
`(x_1,y_1)` and
`(x_2,y_2)` , then its slope can be found mathematically by:

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Now, according to the problem:

`(x_1=8,y_1=1)\\(x_2=24,y_2=9)`

Replacing in the slope equation:

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(9-1)/(24-8)=(8)/(16) =(1)/(2) =0.5`