a graph shows the divends declared per share of stock for the colgate-palmolive company for the years 1988 through 1998. Find the slope of the line segment connecting the years 1988 and 1998
To find the slope of the line segment connecting the years 1988 and 1998 on the graph, we'll need to know the dividend values for those two years.
If you have the dividend values for each year, you can simply calculate the slope using the following formula:
Slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
In this case, let's assume the dividend values for the years 1988 and 1998 are y1 and y2, respectively, and the years 1988 and 1998 are x1 and x2, respectively.
Once you have the dividend values, substitute the values into the formula to find the slope. The slope will indicate how much the dividends per share increased or decreased from 1988 to 1998.