Price of Pears87What is the slope ofthe line?6[?]Price ($)No 003721Give your answer asa fraction in simplestform.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Number of Pears

SOLUTION
THe slope of a line is given by
[tex]\text{slope}=\frac{\text{changes in y}}{Changes\text{ in x}}[/tex]Using the point given in the image
[tex](0,0)\text{ and (5,2)}[/tex]We have
[tex]\text{Slope}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]Where
[tex]\begin{gathered} x_1=0,x_2=5 \\ y_1=0,y_2=2 \end{gathered}[/tex]Then substitute into the formula, we have
[tex]\text{slope}=\frac{2-0}{5-0}=\frac{2}{5}[/tex]Therefore, the slope of the line is 2/5