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mash [69]
3 years ago
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A student finds the slope of the line between (8, 17) and (1, 4). She write 17-4/1-8. What mistake did she make?

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1 answer:
Alex_Xolod [135]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: OPTION D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula that is used to calculate the slope of a line is:

m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}

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

In this case the student finds the slope of the line that passes trough these points:

(8, 17)\\(1, 4)

You can notice that she writes in the numerator that:

y_2=17\\y_1=4

So she chose the point (1, 4) as (x_1,y_1)  and the point (8, 17) as (x_2,y_2).

Then x_2 and x_1 in the denominator must be:

x_2=8\\x_1=1

Therefore, she did not keep the order of the points the same in the numerator and the denominator.

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