Which has a steeper slope y=-2x or y=-3x
2 answers:
Answer: y = -3x has the steeper slope
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Explanation:
Any linear equation is of the form y = mx+b, where m is the slope.
For y = -2x, the slope is -2. For y = -3x, the slope is -3.
We just look at the number to the left of x to find the slope.
To figure out which slope is steeper, we simply look to see which slope value is furthest from 0 on the number line. A slope of 0 itself is completely horizontal and flat. As the slope value moves away from zero, in either positive or negative direction, then the slope gets steeper and steeper.
In short, a slope of -3 is more steep compared to a slope of -2. Therefore, y = -3x is the answer.
The graph below helps visually confirm that y = -3x is indeed steeper. We drop one extra unit down each time we move to the right one space.
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