Robert says that the slope of a line passing through (1, 7) and (3, 9) is equal to the ratio 1-3/7-9 . Is this a correct method for calculating the slope? Explain your answer. (1 point)

Ok first we calculate the length of board without losses:
4 * 11.5 = 46 inches
then, we have 1 inch of waste allowed fir each piece, so the total waste is 4*1 = 4 inches

finally, we will add the length of the waste to the desired length to get the total length of the board as follows:
total length of board = 46+4 = 50 inches