Answer: Y=-1/4x
Step-by-step explanation:
A good way to find an equation of a line is to look for the slope. An obvious spot on this line would be when it crosses (0,0), and another one to the right would be when it crosses at (4,-1).
The slope is rise over run, or if we use the two points we found, "rise" would be -1, because it's dropping 1 unit when going from (0,0) to (4,-1), and the "run" would be 4, because it moves to the right 4 from (0,0) to (4,-1).
Putting these two values together we get:
m (slope) = rise / run
m = -1 / 4
Out of all the equations we're given, we can look for the one with a slope of -1/4, which is given to us:
y = (-1/4)x
Answer:
See explanation below
Step-by-step explanation:
The best explanation is noticing that in order to get from the point R (12, 1) to the point Q (7, 4) we move 5 units to the left and 3 units up. And to go from point Q (7, 4) to point P (2, 7) we do exactly the same: move 5 units to the left and 3 units up. That means that these points are all connected via the same rate of change: - 3/5, which is in fact the slope of the line the three points belong to.
