scrappyallen
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  • 14-07-2016
  • Mathematics
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A student found the slope of a line that passes through the points (1, 14) and (3, 4) to be 5. What mistake did she make?

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Ckaranja
Ckaranja Ckaranja
  • 14-07-2016
The student interchanged the calculations when finding the values of change in x and y;
The student may have started by 14-4 but started with 3-1 for change in x.
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princegn
princegn princegn
  • 14-07-2016
m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
 = (4-14)/(3-1)
 = (-10)/(2)
 = -5
slope is -5
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