Question

On a coordinate plane, a line goes through points (0, 1) and (3, negative 1). Consider the graph of the line. Using the rise/run counting method, the slope of the line is .

Answer 1

-2/3

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: The slope of the line is -2/3.

Step-by-step explanation:

How I think of it is that on the y plane on a graph, going from positive 1 to negative 1 you need to move down 2 places and thats the "rise" part of rise over run eventhough you moved down. Then on the x plane, going from 0 to 3 you need to move 3 spaces to the right on the graph and thats the "run" part of rise over run because you can either move left or right. Rise over run can also be thought of as change in y over change in x which means that since i went down 2 places on the y, the change in y was 2 and since we moved 3 places over on the x plane the change in x whould be 3. Since we move down and then to the right on the graph, the line being created would be negative, so you final answer for the slope is -2/3!

I hope this helps :)