Question

Find the slope. Is mine right or does it need to be positive?

Answer 1

The slope is -⅔ [ negative slope ]

Explanation:

Consider two points spotted from the graph.

That is (3, 0) and (0, 2)

`slope = (y _(2) - y _(1) )/(x _(2) - x _(1))`

y1 is 0

y2 is 2

x1 is 3

x2 is 0

substitute:

`slope = (2 - 0)/(0 - 3) \\ \\ = - (2)/(3)`