Question

find the value of x so that the slope of the line passing through the points (5,3) and (x,6) will be 1
Please help

Answer 1

Please calculate the slope between the given points. It will have 'x' in it.

Answer 2

Slope is 3/x-5
Since slope is 1 then 1= 3/x-5
x-5 = 3
x = 8 to give a slope of 1

Answer 3

3/x-5 is not correct. One should recall one's Order of Operations.

(6-3)/(x-5) leads to 3/(x-5) - absolutely NOT the same thing.

Answer 4

Disagree ... second pt has coordinates x,6 and first pt has coordinates 3,5. Solving the equation as I showed gives x equal to 8 which means the distance on the x-axis between pt 2 and pt 1 is 3. Therefore slope is 1/1 which is 1.

Answer 5

no worries i found the answer

Answer 6

it was 8

Answer 7

That's what I showed with the first equation