Answer:
A. -5
Explanation:
You want the slope of a graphed line that crosses grid points (0, 2) and (1, -3).
Slope
The sign of the slope is positive if the line goes up to the right. This line goes down to the right, so the sign of its slope is negative. (Eliminates choices C and D)
The magnitude of the slope is the ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance between two points. This line drops 5 vertical squares for each square to the right, so its slope is ...
rise/run = -5/1 = -5
The slope is best represented by -5.
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Additional comment
From a point on the line that is a crossing of grid lines, if the line crosses the next vertical grid line before it crosses the next horizontal grid line, the magnitude of its slope is less than 1.
Here, the line crosses several horizontal grid lines before it crosses another vertical grid line, so its slope has a magnitude greater than 1. When the choice is between -5 and -1/5, the larger magnitude number is -5.
From two points on the line, you can find the slope using the formula ...
m = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)
m = (-3 -2)/(1 -0) = -5/1 = -5 . . . . . . using points (0, 2) and (1, -3)