Plot the given points in the coordinate plane. Then, connect them to create a parallelogram.
Side or diagonal? Side Slope: 3
Practice makes perfect
Let's begin with plotting the given points in one coordinate plane and connecting them to create a parallelogram.
Now, we are asked whether segment YZ is a side or a diagonal. Let's highlight it on our picture.
As we can see from the picture, the segment YZ is a side of this parallelogram. Now, let's recall that the slope of the segment is the change in y-values, rise, divided by the change in x-values, run.
As we move 1 unit in the positive horizontal direction, the y-value increases by 3 units. With this, we can find the slope.
Slope=rise/run=3/1=3
The slope of this segment is 3.
