Question

What are the slope and why intercept shown on the graph below

Answer 1

Hi there! The formula for finding the slope is y2 - y1/ x2 - x1, where the first x and y-coordinates are subtracted from the second x and y-coordinates. We have the two points on the graph marked. We will use (0, 5) and (4, -5) in this case. Here are the numbers that represent each:

y2 = -5
y1 = 5
x2 = 4
x1 = 0

Let's subtract. -5 - 5 is -10. 4 - 0 is 4. -10/4 is -2 1/2 in simplest form or -5/2 as a mixed number. We found the slope. The y-intercept is where the line crosses, where the x-axis is 0. In this case, we can see by the point given out that the slope intercept is 5. There. The slope is -5/2 and the slope-intercept is 5. The answer is B.

Answer 2

Hello!

Let's start by finding the slope of the line. You can calculate the slope by dividing the change in y-values by the change in x-values using the following formula:

$\frac{ y_{1}- y_{2} }{ x_{1} - x_{2} }$

The plotted coordinates are (0, 5) and (4, -5); let's plug those into the formula:

$\frac{5(-5)}{0-4}$

Simplify:

$\frac{5+5}{-4}$

$\frac{10}{-4}$

$\frac{-5}{2}$

The slope is $\frac{-5}{2}$.

Now, the y-intercept is where the line intersects the y-axis, or when x equals 0. x equals 0 when y equals 5, so the y-intercept is 5.

I hope this helps!