Question

Mr. Garcia went on a long drive. When he started, there were 9 gallons of gas in his tank. After he had driven 26 miles, there were 8 gallons of

gas left in his tank. Mr. Garcia made a line graph, with number of miles driven on the z-axis and gallons of gas left in the tank on the y-axis.
What is the slope of the line?

Answer 1

y=-1 x=26 (26,-1)

Explanation:

We know that Mr. Garcia drives 26 miles per gallon, this means that the slope will be (26,-1)