Question

Find the slope of the line

A. -4

B. -1/4

C. 1/4

D. 4

Answer 1

to get the equation of any straight line, we simply need two points off of it, let's use those two in the picture below

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-8}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-1})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{8}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{3}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{3}-\stackrel{y1}{(-1)}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{8}-\underset{x_1}{(-8)}}} \implies \cfrac{3 +1}{8 +8} \implies \cfrac{ 4 }{ 16 } \implies \cfrac{1 }{ 4 }`

Answer 2

C. 1/4

hopes this helped