Please answer the following questions. What is the slope of the line? How much does the distance increase for each hour since Alan crossed the bridge?

SOLUTION
The slope of the line can be gotten using the formula
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Slope =}\frac{change\text{ in distance}}{\text{change in time }}\text{ = }\frac{d2-d1}{t2-t1} \\ \text{Taking two points on along the line we have } \\ \text{Slope = }\frac{350-100}{7-2} \\ \\ \text{Slope =}\frac{250}{50} \\ \\ \text{Slope = 50} \end{gathered}[/tex]The slope is 50. This means the distance increased by 50 miles for every hour.