Question

What is slope BE / slope AE in simplest form?

Answer 1

Is there a diagram ??

Answer 2

# 2

Answer 3

DId you get it ?

Answer 4

Do you know how to calculate slope ??

Answer 5

isn't it rise over run ?

Answer 6

Yea..calculate slope of BE and slope of AE separately.

Then simply divide them. :)

Answer 7

I don't know if I am doing this right is the slope for BE 3/-1?

Answer 8

Now calculate slope of BE.

Answer 9

I got
\[5/1 \]

Answer 10

so the slope of\[BE/AE = 3/5 \] ?

Answer 11

That's correct.
Now calculate slope of AE.

Answer 12

Okay. thanks finding it now .

Answer 13

the answer I got is 5/4 . because the coordinates for A ( 0,0) and the coordinates for E are (4,5) so I did \[y _{2} - y_{1}\] which is \[5-0 =5\] and then \[x _{2} - x_{1} \] which is \[4-0=4\] so\[\frac{ 4 }{ 5 }\] is that the slope of AE?

Answer 14

You mean to say; slope of AE = 5/4 right ??

Answer 15

yes .

Answer 16

Okay, now simply divide the two slopes..& tell me the final answer.

Answer 17

how do you divide the slops?

Answer 18

Just divide the respective values.

Answer 19

Is it 1/4 ?

Answer 20

\[\frac{ slope of BE }{ slope of AE }=\frac{ 5/1 }{ 5/4 }=4\]

Answer 21

Oh okay , I get it now . thanks so much for the help!

Answer 22

You're welcome :)