Question

Find the slope of the line.

Answer 1

The points we can clearly see are (-2,-2) and (0,-3). You have to rise up 2 points and got to the left 4, so the rise over run is 2 over -4. Simplify this to -1/2, so the slope is negative 1/2.

Answer 2

Answer:

The slope of the line is $-\frac{1}{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

To know the slope of a line we can have the equation or to know points of the line. In this case from the graph we can get to points (-4,-1) and (0,-3). Having this and using the equation to calculate the slope, we have:

$m=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}$

Defining:

$(x1=-4,y1=-1)$ and $(x2=0,y2=-3)$

Replacing this values in the initial equation, this is:

$m=\frac{-3-(-1)}{0-(-4)}$

$m=\frac{-2}{4} =-\frac{1}{2}$

The slope of the line is $-\frac{1}{2}$