Question 1 of 5
On a city map, a straight bike path is shown by a line that passes through the points and . If represents the path's height above sea level at a horizontal distance of miles, what is the value of when ?
Explanation
The line passes through and , so its slope is . That means the height increases by for each increase of mile in . Starting from when , at the value of is . So the correct answer is .
Concept summary
When a line is described by two points, find the slope from the change in over the change in , then use it with a known point to determine another value on the line.