The graph (in the link below) shows the relationship between distance and time for the Olympic-record 10,000-meter run set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2008.

www.webassign.net/aufinteralg8/3-4-028.gif

the two points are (0,0), and (27.02, 10000)

1) for the slope I got 370.1

2) Write a sentence that states the meaning of the slope.

The average a)______ of the runner was b)_______ c) ___________.

the options for a) are
-distance
-speed
-time

b) you have to enter an number

the options for c) are
-m
-m/min
-min

1 answer

in your ordered pair (27.02 , 10000) the first number appears to be minutes, and the second number is metres
your slope calculation is correct

so your "slope" is really "change in metres/change in time"
which would be m/min

What do we normally call something like: m/sec, mph, km/h, ft/sec, etc ??