Question

What is the slope of the line described by the equation below?

a) 3
b) -3
c) 5
d) -5

Answer 1

Explanation:

y - 5 = -3(x - 17)

y - 5 = -3x + 51

y = -3x + 56

the answer is B

Answer 2

B

Explanation:

We can see that this equation is in point-slope form, which is given by the formula:

`y-y_1=m(x-x_1)`

Where m is the slope and (x₁, y₁) is a point.

We have the equation:

`y-(5)=-3(x-(17))`

So, we can see that our (x₁, y₁) is (5,17), respectively, and our m is -3.

Therefore, our slope is -3.

Our answer is B.