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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Math help ??

OpenStudy (dani_rose):

What"s Your question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (dani_rose):

I honestly don't know sorry

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Slope-intercept form is y = mx + b, where m is your slope and b is your y intercept. With what you've already figured out, what part of the equation can we complete so far?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Y = Mx + 3 now what ? @FortyTheRapper

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

To find m, we need to find the slope. The slope is basically the change in y divided by the change in x between two points. Rise over run, as some may call it Looking at the graph, the lowest point is at (0,2) and the highest point is at (10,20) Would you know how to find the slope between these two points?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2/10 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no sorry -2/-10 Because 0 - 2 = -2 and 10 - 20 = -10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@FortyTheRapper

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Not quite. What you did was y1-x1 divided y2-x2 For slope, it's y2-y1 divided by x2-x1 Try that one out. You'll end up with an improper fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-2/10 ???

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

So we got (x,y) (0,2) --- 1st coordinate, so x1 and y1 (10,20) ---- second coordinate, so x2 and y2 So for the first part of the formula, it's y2-y1 y2 is 20 and y1 is 2. See how I got that part?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes so 20 - 2 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if thats what i have to answer 20 - 2 = 18

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Right, that's finding the y part in \[\frac{ y }{ x }\] Now we need to find the x part

OpenStudy (anonymous):

10 - 0 right ?

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Exactly

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Making it \[\frac{ 18 }{ 10}\] as your slope. Now all you need to do is simplify it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9/5

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Yep, that's m (your slope)!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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