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This graph shows the amount of rain that falls in a given amount of time.


What is the slope of the line and what does it mean in this situation?


Select from the drop-down menus to correctly complete each statement

The slope of the line is ___

This means that ___ mm of rain falls every ___

Please help! This graph shows the amount of rain that falls in a given amount of time-example-1
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the slope is 5/2. count up 5 then go right 2. this means that 5 mm of rain falls every 2 hrs
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To find the slope, we use the formula for slope,


m=\frac{y_(2)-y_(2)} {x_(2)-x_(1)}

Letting the point (2,5) be
(x_(1),y_(1)) and the point (4,10) be
(x_(2),y_(2)).

Now plugging in these values in the formula for slope, we get,


m=(10-5)/(4-2) =(5)/(2). The slope is
(5)/(2).

This basically means 5 mm of rain falls in every 2 hours, or 2.5 mm of rain falls every hour (
(5)/(2) =2.5)


ANSWER: Slope is
(5)/(2) and 5 mm of rain falls every 2 hours.

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