SOLUTION: A line segment has a total rise of 4 units and a total run of 3 units. What is the distance between the e points of the line segments? And I got : Slope=4/3

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Question 1011654: A line segment has a total rise of 4 units and a total run of 3 units. What is the distance between the e points of the line segments?
And I got :
Slope=4/3

Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi there,
Your slope is correct.
If we start your line segment
at (0,0) and with its 4 units
rise and 3 units run make the
end point (3,4)
Distance between points =
√(x2 - x1)^2 + (y^2 - y1)^2
√(3 - 0)^2 + (4 - 0)^2
√3^2 + 4^2
√9 + 16
√25
= 5 units
Hope this helps :-)