Question

What is the slope of the line graphed below?

Answer 1

The slope of a line is the ratio between the difference of the y coordinates and the x coordinates of two of its points.

In this case, the difference between the y coordinates is 2-1=1

The difference between the x coordinates is -2-3=-5.

So, the slope is

`(1)/(-5)=-(1)/(5)`

Answer 2

a

Explanation:

y2-y1 / x2-x1

1-2 / 3-(-2)

1-2 / 3+2

-1 / 5