Question

8th grade mathDraw a line representing the rise and a line representing the run of the line. State the slope of the line in simplest form.And rember to pick two points in the graph below and connect them.

Answer 1

Given a graph of a line

We will draw a line representing the rise and a line representing the run of the line.

the lines will be as shown in the following figure:

As shown:

The red line represents the rise and the yellow line represents the run

Slope = run/rise

Rise = 3 units

Run = 6 units

So, the slope =

`\text{slope}=-(3)/(6)=-(1)/(2)`

The sign of the slope is negative because the line makes an angle with the positive direction of the x-axis more than 90°