Question

What is the slope of the line plotted below?

A. 1
B. 2
C. -2
D. -1

Answer 1

Option C is correct.

The slope of the line plotted is, -2

Explanation:

From the graph we have two points;

(0, 1) and (2, -3)

We have to find the slope of the given line plotted:

Slope of a line(m) is defined as the line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line.

it is given by;

`m = \frac{\text{Change in variable yaxis}}{\text{Change in variable x-axis}}`

i.e
`m = (y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

Substitute the given values we have;

`m = (-3-1)/(2-0)=(-4)/(2) = -2`

Therefore, the slope of the line plotted is, -2

Answer 2

C. -2

Explanation:

To find the slope of the line we take two points

((0,1) and (2, -3)

and use the formula for slope

m= (y2-y1)/ (x2-x1)

= (-3-1)/(2-0)

= -4/2

= -2