Question

a line with slope 3 passes through point (0,10). What is the y-coordinate of the point on the line with x-coordinate 2

Answer 1

The y-coordinate is 16

Solution:

Given that a line with slope 3 passes through point (0, 10)

To find the y-coordinate of the point on the line with x-coordinate 2

Which means the point is (2, y)

Let us find the required y co-ordinate using slope formula

The slope of line is given as:

For a line containing points $(x_1 , y_1)$ and $(x_2 , y_2)$ is given as:

$\text {slope}=m=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}$

$\text {Here } x_{1}=0 ; y_{1}=10 ; x_{2}=2 ; y_{2}=y$

Given that slope "m" = 3

Substituting the values we get,

$\begin{array}{l}{3=\frac{y-10}{2-0}} \\\\ {3=\frac{y-10}{2}} \\\\ {6=y-10} \\\\ {y=10+6=16}\end{array}$

Thus the y-coordinate is 16