Question

Choose the correct slope of the line shown on the graph below.

Answer 1

What is the slope of a line? Can you define it?

Answer 2

its under the attachment

Answer 3

The person is asking you if you know what a slope is.

Answer 4

Lol, I have seen the attachment, and I know the answer, but I want you to understand it

Answer 5

Thanks RyanL lol

Answer 6

I do not understand this question... and i posted it here because I wanted an explanation. can you please help me.. thank you!

Answer 7

Umm one explanation is\[\frac{rise}{run}=slope\]

Where you pick two point and determine how much you need to travel to get one point to the other

Rise would be how high or low you go

Run is how far you go to the left or right.

Answer 8

ohhh but i still dont get it

Answer 9

What don't you get? Do you know how to count?

Answer 10

Do you even know how to divide?

Answer 11

so you know what that is?

Answer 12

See we can't help you if you are not specific about what your confused about

Answer 13

i am not a baby miss lefay

Answer 14

The slope of a line is the "rise" divided by the "run", meaning how high you go up the y-axis divided by how far you run down the x- axis

Answer 15

yes i understand that part

Answer 16

but its so confusing how do you go up then go to the left!

Answer 17

Um, I didn't call you a baby or mean to insult you. If you're insulted then I apologize.

Answer 18

See the lines i drew. How many times does it go down and how many times does it go to the right?

Answer 19

Imagine you are driving your car from the origin (0, 0). You drive straight up the y-axis, and then you turn right on the x-axis

Answer 20

okay

Answer 21

I'll let RyanL handle this one... He's taking you in the right direction xoxo

Answer 22

From (0,3) to (0,0) how many times did we move?

Answer 23

ryan why are you so mean

Answer 24

i was in need of help and yet you were asking someone clueless girl if they know how to divide of course i know the basics

Answer 25

i think you moved 3 spaces

Answer 26

Yes you are correct but since you moved 3 spaces down it's a negative -3

so rise= -3

Write that down.

Answer 27

Now from (0,0) to (9,0) how many spaces do you move?

Answer 28

9 spaces

Answer 29

Yes and since we are going to the right this time it will be positive

so run=9

Answer 30

okay and do yuou divide after?

Answer 31

\[\frac{rise}{run}\]
Now plug those values into the fraction

Answer 32

and what do you get?

Answer 33

-3/9

Answer 34

is that it -1/3?

Answer 35

yes but you can also simplify that

Answer 36

\[\frac{-3}{9}=\frac{-3}{3*3}\]

Answer 37

A three from the top cancels one from the bottom

Answer 38

i know

Answer 39

what do you get then?

Answer 40

how do you simplify -1/3! Ryan

Answer 41

Now you can't I told you have to simplify

-3/9

Answer 42

I thought you didnt know hot to do that that's why

Answer 43

ugh im not that stupid!

Answer 44

Sorry I don't know what level of math you are in so sorry

Answer 45

no you were being a jerk

Answer 46

I'm not being a jerk. I helped you out and this is how you respond?

Answer 47

no no im thankful but you were being really mean

Answer 48

Sorry I didn't see that you wrote -1/3 until after I went up to see it.

Answer 49

I only saw that you wrote

-3/9

my bad

Answer 50

Are u in college

Answer 51

yup yup!

Answer 52

see thats why im in high school so there is a differece

Answer 53

It's ok I remember when I had problems in HS and I still do. Math is not easy so be happy that you can do this type of work. For some people it's even harder. Good job!