An architect needs to determine the slope between two points on a ski lift. The two points have been identified as (25, 30) and (125, 50), where x is the horizontal distance and y is the vertical distance from the bottom of the lift. Assuming the lift runs in a straight line, what is the slope of the line between the two points?

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anonymous · Answer

Find slope I guess:
y2 - y1
/
x2 - x1

50 - 30 = 20
/
125 - 25 = 100

Slope:
20/5 
simplified: 4/1 = 4

So it would have a slope of 4 or 4/1

anonymous · Answer

so you had to find the x ?

anonymous · Answer

Well the question asks:
what is the slope of the line between the two points?
There is a lot of extra information in this question that could get you confused but all you need to focus on is the main question:)

anonymous · Answer

So I wasn't finding x i was finding the slope of the line