Yeah, where I live, to find the slope (or as we call it, the gradient), you just have to do the two y values subtracted from each other, over the two x values subtracted from each other. The important thing is to remember that if you subtract the first y value from the second (so, 12 - 8), you have to do the same thing for the x (6 - 2)

=

= 1.
The slope is 1.
The answer to your math question is x=5
Division because if you divide the two functions together, you keep the 3 in the x term. If you add the two functions, your coefficient is 6. If you subtract, the x term is eliminated. If you multiply, you'll get 9x.
3 is smaller than 6 or 9 :)
3. .5*60 because .5 represents the 5% and "of" stands for multiplication