Question

What is the slope of the line passing through `(3,0); (9,8)`?

Answer 1

The slope is `4/3`.

Explanation:

To find the slope of a line from two points, we use the formula `("change in y")/("change in x")` or `(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`.

So let's plug in those two points we have (pay attention to the negative signs!):
`(8-0)/(9-3)`

And now let's simplify:
`8/(6)`

`4/3`

The slope is `4/3`.

Hope this helps!