Question

Consider the two points A(9.7) and B(5,2).

What is the ratio of the vertical change from A to B to the horizontal change from A to B? In other words, what is the
slope?
What the answer

Answer 1

The slope is
`m=(5)/(4)` or
`m=1.25`

Explanation:

we know that

The formula to calculate the slope between two points is equal to

`m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)`

we have

`A(9,7)\ B(5,2)`

Substitute the values

`m=(2-7)/(5-9)`

`m=(-5)/(-4)`

`m=(5)/(4)=1.25`