Question

Directions: Find the slope of the lines graphed below.Number 5

Answer 1

-5

Step-by-step explanation

We want to find the slope of the graph.

To do that we will pick two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)

Let us pick (-3, 1) and (-2, -4)

The slope of a line is given as:

`\begin{gathered} \text{slope = }(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) \\ \Rightarrow\text{ slope = }\frac{-4\text{ - 1}}{-2\text{ - (-3)}}\text{ = }\frac{-4\text{ - 1}}{-2\text{ + 3}} \\ \text{slope = }(-5)/(1) \\ \text{slope = -5} \end{gathered}`

That is the slope.