Question

Price of Pears87What is the slope ofthe line?6[?]Price ($)No 003721Give your answer asa fraction in simplestform.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Number of Pears

Answer 1

THe slope of a line is given by

`\text{slope}=\frac{\text{changes in y}}{Changes\text{ in x}}`

Using the point given in the image

`(0,0)\text{ and (5,2)}`

We have

`\text{Slope}=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Where

`\begin{gathered} x_1=0,x_2=5 \\ y_1=0,y_2=2 \end{gathered}`

Then substitute into the formula, we have

`\text{slope}=(2-0)/(5-0)=(2)/(5)`

Therefore, the slope of the line is 2/5