Question

What is the slope of the diagonal line on the smaller triangle? Explain how you found it

Answer 1

The slope of the diagonal line of the smaller triangle is; 1/2

The slope of the diagonal line of the largest triangle is; 1/2

Both triangles have the same slope because the rate of change in y-coordinates to that of x-coordinates is the same.

• We want to find slope of the triangles and in mathematics we will adopt the formula;

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

• This simple means change in y-coordinates divided by change in x-coordinates.

• For the small triangle;

The coordinates of the smaller triangle are;

y2 = 1

y1 = 0

x2 = 2

x1 = 0

Thus, slope; m = (1 - 0)/(2 - 0) = 1/2

• For the largest triangle;

The coordinates of this larger triangle are;

y2 = 3

y1 = 1

x2 = 6

x1 = 2

Thus, slope; m = (3 - 1)/(6 - 2)

m = 2/4 = 1/2

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