Question

What is the slope of the line shown in the graph?

A 3/2
B) 2/3
C) -3/4
D) -2/3

Answer 1

D. -2/3 because when you find when the line lies on 1 point twice. Count down it would be 2 and count over it would be 3. The direction of the line is going down so that would be negative.

Answer 2

D.

Explanation:

y-intercept is (0, 3)

x-intercept is (4.5, 0)

formula to find the slope from two points is

`slope = m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (y1 - y2)/(x1 - x2) \\`

then the slope of the line that crosses (0, 3) & (4.5, 0) is

`m = (3 - 0)/(0 - 4.5) = (3)/( - 4.5) = - (3)/( (9)/(2) ) = - (2)/(3)`