SOLUTION: the are of a ractangle is 48 square nchs if the rectangle is graphed on a piece of grid paper. what could the slope of one its diagolas be

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Question 360225: the are of a ractangle is 48 square nchs if the rectangle is graphed on a piece of grid paper. what could the slope of one its diagolas be
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the "could" means theres a few possible answers to this question so this makes it incredibly easy to pick which answer you want
L*W=A
6*8=48
in graphing since we will let L=x-axis and W=y-axis
so x=6 and y=8
putting the bottom left corner at (0,0) go up to(0,8) right to (6,8) and down to (6,0) and you have your plotted rectangle
now you can take the points of a diagnal line and find its slope
i choose diagnal going up from (0,0) to (6,8)
m=%28y-y%29%2F%28x-x%29 memorize your formulas m=slope
m=%288-0%29%2F%286-0%29
m=8%2F6
highlight%28m=4%2F3%29