Question

Help. What is the slope of the line in the graph?

Answer 1

Hello,

As you have not provided the graph, I can teach you how to answer the question.

You are solving for the slope of the line. The slope can be found by using the following equation:

slope (signified by the variable m) = $\frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}$

Note that the numbers does not exactly matter, only that what you set as variable $x_1$, the y inside that coordinate will also be $y_1$, and likewise for point 2.

For example, let us say your points for your line is (3 , 6) and (10 , 4)

Let:

$(x_1 , y_1)$ $= ( 3 , 6)$

$(x_2 , y_2) = (10 , 4)$

Plug in the corresponding numbers to the corresponding variables:

slope $m = \frac{4 - 6}{10 - 3} = - \frac{2}{7}$

The given points will result in a $-\frac{2 }{7}$ slope.

Hope this helps!