Question

What is the slope of the line shown below?

Answer 1

The slope is 1/4. To solve, you would use the formula (y2-y1/x2-x1). Using that formula, depending on what you set as x and y, you would get something that simplifies to 1/4. y1, y2, x1, x2 are all determined by the coordinate pairs

Answer 2

Answer: B.  $\dfrac{1}{4}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula to calculate the slope of a line passing through (a,b) and (c,d) is given by :-

$\text{Slope}=\dfrac{d-b}{c-a}$

From the graph it can be seen that the line is passing from (-3,-1) and (5,1), then the slope of the given line will be :-

$\text{Slope}=\dfrac{1-(-1)}{5-(-3)}\\\\\Rightarrow\text{Slope}=\dfrac{2}{8}=\dfrac{1}{4}$

Hence, the slope of the given line is graph = $\dfrac{1}{4}$