Question

A line passes through $A(1,1)$ and $B(100,1000)$. How many other points with integer coordinates are on the line and strictly between $A$ and $B$

Answer 1

Answer:

98

Step-by-step explanation:

Integers are whole numbers or opposite of whole numbers.

The slope is 1.

How?

Change of y is 100-1=99.

Change of x is 100-1=99.

The slope is 99/99=1 or 1/1.

So if we start at (1,1) and we rise 1 and run 1 right, we get (2,2).

If we do that again from (2,2) we get (3,3).

Following the pattern of going up 1 and right from each new location discovered we get all the of these points:

Start (1,1)

(2,2)

(3,3)

(4,4)

(5,5)

(6,6)

....

(96,96)

(97,97)

(98,98)

(99,99)

end (100,100)

So we just need to count all the numbers from 2 to 99.

99-2+1

97+1

98