Question

A water bottle has 64 fl oz of water. There is a small hole, where the water is leaking at 2 fl oz per hour. what is the slope?

Answer 1

We have the following:

The slope is the rate of change, in this case the rate of change would be liquid ounces per hour, and being a leak, the initial amount is lowering, which means that it is a negative slope.

The slope therefore is -2