Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer isn’t known for his math skills, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help out a fan.
Trevor Bauer spent time on Twitter helping a fan with her math homework
@BauerOutage oh and also do you understand the slope of a line and y intercept? I have a math test coming up I don't get certain things
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
This is a question that could easily be ignored by a professional baseball player, but Bauer chose to help out.
@m_martin2021 what's the question
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage I'm not home but I'll try to remember it's like y•2=x and you have to graph it on the line and say the y intercept
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 for every 1 unit on the x axis go 2 units on the y axis. y intercept is where it crosses the y axis. Make y 0 and figure x.
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage ok so I checked the website on my phone and I will get 2/5 as the slope but the right answer is 2 so I will put 2& its wrong
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 how do you come up with 2/5?
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage my math teacher told me that when the rise is 2 and the run is 5 the slope is 2/5 but now when we have to graph it won't work
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 that's correct but where did the 5 come from??
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage there are like 2 points on a graph and you find out the slope of the 2 points and you would move up 2 and over 5 to get to the
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage the question is y-8=x and it says to plot (-2,6) (0,8) (2,10) and I don't get where they got that pic.twitter.com/CKOEE7rTq4
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 (-4,4) also works, as does (5,13) etc
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 hope that helped!
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage it did! I got the question right and I never would have without your help thank you you have no idea how much that meant to me
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
Pretty awesome.
