Question

What is the slope of a line that passes through the origin and the point (6, 3)

Answer 1

Answer: The slope is 1/2

Explanation:

When a line passes through the origin the equation of the line will be represented in the form y= kx where k is the slope.

To to find k you will need to divide both sides by x.

y = kx

y/x = kx/x

k = y/x

This means that to find k, you will need to divide the y coordinate of the point by the x coordinate.

k = 3/6

K = 1/2

Answer 2

Slope = 1/2

Explanation:

Formula for getting slope using 2 points...

(y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

= (3 - 0) / (6 - 0)

= 3 / 6

= 1/2

So...

Slope is 1/2

Hope this helps :)

Let me know if there are any mistakes!!