Question

Mr. Mole's burrow lies 5 meters below the ground. He started digging his way deeper into the ground, descending 3 meters each minute. whats the slope

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Answer 2

The slope of the equation is -3.

Explanation:

Given : Mr. Mole's burrow lies 5 meters below the ground. He started digging his way deeper into the ground, descending 3 meters each minute.

To find : What is the slope ?

Solution :

Let x be the number of minutes taken to dig the ground.

He started digging his way deeper into the ground, descending 3 meters each minute i.e. '-3x'

Let y is the total distance travel to dig the ground.

Mr. Mole's burrow lies 5 meters below the ground.

The equation form is
`y=-3x-5`

Comparing with general slope form i.e.
`y=mx+c` where m is the slope.

The slope of the equation is -3.