Question

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (10,3) and (7,0)? Write your answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

Given two points on a line, we can find its slope using the formula below

$\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2) \\ \Rightarrow slope=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, in our case,

$\begin{gathered} (10,3),(7,0) \\ \Rightarrow slope=\frac{10-7}{3-0}=\frac{3}{3}=1 \end{gathered}$

Thus, the slope is equal to 1.