How do you find the slope given (18,8) and (25,17)?

1 Answer
Jun 16, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The formula for find the slope of a line is:

#m = (color(red)(y_2) - color(blue)(y_1))/(color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1))#

Where #(color(blue)(x_1), color(blue)(y_1))# and #(color(red)(x_2), color(red)(y_2))# are two points on the line.

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

#m = (color(red)(17) - color(blue)(8))/(color(red)(25) - color(blue)(18)) = 9/7#