Calculating Slope: Points and Real-Life Scenarios

1. A car travels from point A (2, 3) to point B (5, 11). What is the slope of the line connecting these two points?

• 8/3

• 3/8

• 5

• 2

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2. A hiker climbs from point C (1, 2) to point D (4, 8). Calculate the slope of the trail between these two points.

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 1

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3. A bike path runs from point E (3, 4) to point F (7, 10). What is the slope of the bike path?

• 2

• 1.5

• 0.75

• 3

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4. A building's height increases from point G (0, 0) to point H (6, 12). Find the slope of the line representing the height of the building.

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

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5. A train moves from station I (2, 5) to station J (8, 20). Determine the slope of the line that represents the train's journey.

• 3.0

• 4.0

• 1.5

• 2.5

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6. A gardener plants flowers at point K (1, 1) and point L (5, 9). What is the slope of the line connecting these two points?

• 2

• 4

• 1

• 3

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7. A runner's distance from point M (0, 0) to point N (10, 15) is represented by a line. Calculate the slope of this line.

• 1.5

• 0.5

• 2.0

• 3.5

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8. A graph shows the temperature at point O (3, 15) and point P (6, 30). What is the slope of the temperature change?

• 7

• 5

• 2

• 10

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9. A student scores 10 points at point Q (1, 10) and 25 points at point R (5, 25). Find the slope of the line representing the scores.

• 4.0

• 2.5

• 3.75

• 5.0

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10. A plane flies from point S (4, 2) to point T (10, 8). What is the slope of the flight path between these two points?

• 2

• 1

• 0.5

• -1

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