Question

What is the slope of the line shown?

Answer 1

Answer:

- $\frac{1}{4}$

Step-by-step explanation:

( $x_{1}$ , $y_{1}$ )

( $x_{2}$ , $y_{2}$ )

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

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( - 2, 6 )

( 2, 5 )

m = $\frac{6-5}{-2-2}$ = - $\frac{1}{4}$

Answer 2

Answer: y = -1/4x + 5.5

Slope formula is as follows: m = y2 - y1 / x2 - x1

7 - 6 / - 2 + 6

Since our line goes down we have a negative slope.

This gives us a slope of: m = - 1/4

The last number in our slope formula states how high/low we start on the y axis. Looking at our graph im assuming we start at 5.5