Question

Find the slope of the line shown. Simplify your answerA) m = -2B) m = 2C) m = -1D) m = 1

Answer 1

The correct option is A) m = -2

TO calculate the slope of a line with the graph, we can look at two points, in thius case

A( 1, -4) and

B(-1, 0)

Then the slope is the difference in the y coordinate, divided by the difference in the x coordinate:

`m=(A_y-B_y)/(A_x-B_x)`

In this case:

`\begin{gathered} \begin{cases}A(1,-4) \\ B(-1,0)\end{cases} \\ m=(-4-0)/(1-(-1))=-(4)/(2)=-2 \end{gathered}`

Which is option A.