Question

Engineers measure angles in gradients, which are smaller than degrees. The table shows the conversion of some angle measures in degrees to angles in gradients. What is the slope of the line representing the conversion of degrees to gradients? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

1.11

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The table showing the conversion of angle measure in degrees to angles in gradients is attached below.

In order to find the slope we divide the difference of two y-coordinates (or dependent variable which in this case is gradient measure) by the difference of two respective x-coordinates (or independent variable which in this case is degree measure).

For finding the slope we will use the first and the last point given in the table. So, the slope m will be given by:


`m= (300-(-200))/(270-(-180)) \\ \\ m= (500)/(450) \\ \\ m=1.11`

So rounding of to nearest hundredth, the slope of line representing the conversion of degrees to gradients is 1.11