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Find the slope of the following graph.

Find the slope of the following graph.-example-1
User Yogi
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Answer:
The first option, 3

Step-by-step explanation:
There are a few different ways we can determine the slope of a given line but the easiest one, if possible, is to take an obvious point on the line and count how many units on y-axis and how many units on the x-axis it takes to get to the next point. Place these two numbers in a fraction or proportion with the y-axis in the numerator and the x-axis in the denominator, and then simplify if needed.

For this line, I see two obvious points in (0, -3) and (1, 0). So to get from the first point to the second point, we must go up 3 units (positive 3) and to the right 1 unit (positive 1).

Our fraction from this becomes 3/1, which simplifies to 3.

We can use these same two points and plug them into the slope formula to solve for the slope. The slope formula is
(Y_(2) - Y_(1))/(X_(2) - X_(1)) where the ordered pairs (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2) are used.

Using this formula and those points, let's solve:


(0-(-3))/(1-0) = \\(0+3)/(1) = \\(3)/(1) =\\ 3

The slope = 3

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