Question

Find the slope of the line.
(1,6)
(3,2)
Its also on the picture btw

Answer 1

The slope is -2.

Explanation:

There are two ways to solve this problem.

1st way is by looking at the graph:

*Identify what the rise over run is. In this case, it woult be 2 over 1 which if you divide 2÷1, it would be 2.

*Then, if the graph is going down, the slope is negative, and if the graph is going up, the slope is positive. If it's vertical, the slope is undefined, and if it's horizontal, the slope is zero. Since, it's going down, your slope would be negative.

2nd way is by subtracting y2 - y1 and x2 - x1:

(The order doesn't matter as long as you are subtracting correctly)

* First, 6 minus 2 is 4, and 1 minus 3 is -2. After, divide 4 by -2, and you'll end up with -2.

* Or you can do it the other way round. First, 2 minus 6 is -4, and 3 minus 1 is 2. After, divide -4 by 2, and you'll end up with -2

Answer 2

- 2

Explanation:

It helps when u make a table using the points given

x y

1 6

3 2

from 6 to 2 you need to subtract 4

from 1 to 3 you need to add 2

now its y/x

4/2 = 2

Since the line is going down that means your slope is negative so...

-2 will be your slope

Hope this helped!