If you have 3/8 of a pie that means you have three slices out of a total of 8. so the denominator tells you the total number of pieces.
The incorrect step in Talia's solution is the step 4 which is "step 4 is incorrect because it shows and incorrect substitution of slope value into the point-slope form". The correct steps are as follow:
step 1: choose a point on the line which is (2,5)
step 2: choose another point on the line which is (1,3)
Step 3: determine the slope which is m = rise / run. The line runs 1 unit and rises 2 units so the slope is m = 2/1
step 4: substitute point on the line (2,5) and the slope of the line such as:
y-y1 = m (x-x1)
y-5 = 2 (x-2)
This is the correct steps.
We have been given that on a coordinate plane a line with negative slope passes through points 
and 
. We are asked to find the rate of the change of the function.
We know that slope represents rate of change of function.
We will use slope formula to solve our given problem.
Let 
and 
.
Therefore, the rate of change of the given function is 
.
-7 and positive 6. if you multiply a negative by a positive it will always be a negative.
