The slope is equal to the difference between the y-coordinates divided by the difference between the x-coordinates.

Use the give points in this formula to calculate the slope.

For this problem, you have to solve for . We want to get the equation in slope-intercept form,

 where  represents the slope of the line.

First subtract  from each side to get

.

Then divide both sides by  to get

. 

The slope is the number in front of , so the slope is .

The purpose of this question is to understand how the slope of a line is calculated.

The slope is the rise over the run, meaning the change in the y values over the change in the x values

.

So, the difference in y values divided by the difference in x values yields 

.

The slope  of a line with two points  and  is given by the following equation: 

Let  and . Substituting these values into the equation gives us:

The length of the horizontal leg of the triangle is the distance from the origin  to , which is 4.

The area of a right triangle is half the product of the lengths of its legs  and , so, setting  and  and solving for :

Since this is the vertical distance from the origin, this is also the absolute value of the -coordinate of the -intercept of the line; also, this point is along the positive -axis. The line has -intercept .

The slope of a line, given the intercepts , is 

,

Substitute  and :

. 

To find k, first identify what is known.

The origin means the point (0,0).

Therefore the line passes through the points:

Since a line by definition has the same slope between the points, calculation the slope between the origin and each of the points.

Let

therefore the slope is,

Now let,

thus the slope is,

From here set the slopes equal to each other and solve for k.

Multiply by k on both sides.

The length of the vertical leg of the triangle is the distance from the origin  to , which is 12.

The area of a right triangle is half the product of the lengths of its legs  and , so, setting  and  and solving for :

Since this is the positive horizontal distance from the origin, this is also the -coordinate of the -intercept of the line - that is, the line has -intercept .

The slope of a line, given the intercepts , is 

,

Substitute  and :

While solving the problem requires the same method as the ones above, this is one is more complicated because of the more complex given equations. Start of by deriving a substitute for one of the unknowns. From the second equation we can derive y=75-(5x/2). Since 2y = 150 -5x, we divide both sides by two and find our substitution for y. Then we enter this into the first equation. We now have –x-4(75-(5x/2))=245. Distribute the 4. So we get –x – 300 + 10x = 245. So 9x =545, and x=545/9. Use this value for x and solve for y. The graph below illustrates the solution.

This one is a basic problem with two unknowns in two equations. Derive y=x+10 from the second equation and replace the y in first equation to solve the problem. So, x+10+5x=40 and x = 5. X-y= -10 so y=15. The graph below illustrates the solution.

Again the same process is required. This problem however involved multiplying x by y so is a bit different. We end up with two possible solutions. Derive y=x+1 and solve in the same manner as the ones above. The graph below illustrates the solution.