Question

Points X, Y, and Z are colinear.xWhat is the slope of YZ in simplest form?[?]

Answer 1

The slope of a segment can be calculated by dividing the rise (change in the vertical direction) and the run (change in the horizontal direction).

Looking at the segment YZ, the horizontal distance is 3 units and the vertical distance is 6 units.

Therefore the slope is:

`\begin{gathered} m=\frac{\text{rise}}{\text{run}} \\ m=(6)/(3) \\ m=2 \end{gathered}`

The slope of YZ is equal to 2.