A negative slope means the line would be going downward, so you would go down first (instead of up as with a positive slope), then over right.
Therefore, you would go down 4 (or negative 4 considering you are going down) and right 1.
Rise over run still applies here. Rise over run is a fancy way of saying to put the number (or slope) in fraction form.
-4 as a fraction would be -4/1.
So start at (5,3), go down 4 and over 1, repeatedly and you got it.
**Just remember the rise over run can be confusing with negative slopes.**
You first need to make sure the denominators are equal, then when they are, you can add/subtract the numerators. Then you can place the result over the common denominator.
I hope this helps! :)
The signs of the numbers in the problem matter because if a number is negative in the equation than you're answer could be negative. ex. -3/9= -3 but if the negative sign wasn't there than the answer would be wrong bc the answer would be positive.
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Using arithmetic and the information provided, there were 6 persons at the party.
<h3>Number of people at the party</h3>
The question is asking us to use the cost of the plates served to each person to calculate the number of people in the party from the information available in the question.
- Normal charge of a plate of food = $95
- Additional charge on each plate of food = $12.75
- Total cost of the party = $656
- Total cost of food for each person = $95 + $12.75 = $107.75
Number of people at the party can be obtained from; Total cost of food at the party/ Total cost of each plate of food
= $656/ $107.75 = 6 persons
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