WHAT IS THE SLOPE PLEASE??

Mathematics

2 answers:

strojnjashka [21]3 years ago

6 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

take two points on the line ,i take (-4,0) and (0,-2)

slope=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)=(-2-0)/(0+4)=-2/4=-1/2

borishaifa [10]3 years ago

6 0

Answer: -1/2

Step-by-step explanation: In algebra, we use the word slope to describe how steep a line is and slope can be found using the ratio rise/run between any 2 points that are on that line.

So for the line you see here, I have labeled 2 distinct points. One of the points crosses the x-axis and one of them crosses the y-axis. let's use the points A and B to find its slope.

To get from point A to point B, we must first go down 2 units so our rise is -2 and our run is 4 units. So our slope or rise/run is -2/4.

As a last step to these problems, make sure you have reduced your slope as much as possible and notice that -2/4 can be reduced to -1/2.

The variable that's used to represent slope is m.

So we can say that m = -1/2.

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