Question

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?

Answer 1

slope between two points is:\[\frac{ y_2 - y_1 }{ x_2 - x_1 } = m\]
where
(125, 50) would be the same as (x_2, y_2) and
(25, 30) would be the same as (x_1, y_1)

can you see how these are similar and where to put the points from the question into the equation?

Answer 2

So the answer is?

Answer 3

ya, so what did you get after plugging in your numbers into the equation?