SOLUTION: 9. A friend say the slope of a line passing through (1,7) and (3,9) is equal to the ratio 1-3/7-9. What is your friend's error? Please explain to me how you got the answer after

Question 781894: 9. A friend say the slope of a line passing through (1,7) and (3,9) is equal to the ratio 1-3/7-9. What is your friend's error?
Please explain to me how you got the answer afterwards. Thanks :)
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9. A friend say the slope of a line passing through (1,7) and (3,9) is equal to the ratio 1-3/7-9. What is your friend's error?
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slope = diffy/diffx
He has diffx/diffy, the inverse.
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Plus, someone should add parentheses --> (3-1)/(9-7)
Not 1 - (3/7) - 9
Answer by MathTherapy(10557) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9. A friend say the slope of a line passing through (1,7) and (3,9) is equal to the ratio 1-3/7-9. What is your friend's error?
Please explain to me how you got the answer afterwards. Thanks :)

The slope is calculated as the , or , not the .

As a result, it should've been . From here you can calculate the slope, if you so wish.

Your problem needed to be stated differently, in that you need to use parentheses. In other words, you should've written:
(1 - 3)/(7 - 9).
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