Application 1.6 Line Slope Calculator

Objective

When graphing lines in Algebra, it's important to understand how to calculate the slope of a line. To calculate the slope, at least two points must be identified. You can then calculate the slope using the Slope Formula. The Slope Formula is defined as:

where m is the slope, the ordered pair (X₁, Y₁) is the first point, and the ordered pair (X₂, Y₂) is the second point.

Skills to Practice

• Prompting a user for input
• Saving user input to variables
• Converting input to the correct data type (if necessary)
• Performing arithmetic calculations
• Formatting custom output using variables

Tasks

• Create a new project named 1-6-line-slope-calculator
• Complete the following tasks:
  • Prompt the user to enter four values corresponding to two points of a line i.e. (X₁, Y₁) and (X₂, Y₂)
  • Calculate the slope using the Slope Formula.
  • Optionally, round the answer to three decimal places.
  • Display the calculated slope to the user in a clear and formatted manner.

Sample Output

1
Enter x1: 2 [Enter]
2
Enter y1: 3 [Enter]
3
Enter x2: 12 [Enter]
4
Enter y2: 14 [Enter]
5
The slope of the line is 1.1