Question

Find the slope of the line segment shown.

Answer 1

The slope is the "rise over run" between any two points on the line.

Count out how much "up or down" vs "left or right" to find the slope:

We go up 5 and right 5, giving us the fraction

`(up~ 5)/(right~ 5)=(5)/(5)=1`

When counting, up and right are counted as positive; left and down are counted as negative.