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What is the slope between the points (4,6) and (12,18)?

User Jeangelj
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ANSWER:

The slope is 1.5

Explanation:

We can calculate the slope by means of the following formula:


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

Now, we replace by the values of the points (4,6) and (12, 18)


\begin{gathered} m=(18-6)/(12-4)=(12)/(8)=(3)/(2) \\ m=1.5 \end{gathered}

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