Question

Please help (there are two parts to the problem first you have to graph the rise and run on the graph then use the equation rise over run to find the slope)

Answer 1

We need to draw rise and run on the given graph to find the slope.

the graph is

Here yellow line represents the rise and the red line represents the run.

The two points on the given line are (0,-8) and (4,0)

`\text{Slope =}\frac{\text{ difference betw}een\text{ y-coordinates of the points}}{\text{ difference betw}een\text{ x-coordinates of the points}}`

`\text{Slope =}(0-(-8))/(4-0)=(8)/(4)=(2)/(1)=1`

We get rise=2 and run=1.

We know that the formula for the slope is

`\text{slope}=\frac{\text{rise}}{\text{run}}`

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

Hence the slope is 2.