Question

The travel path of a ferry heading from a mainland harbor toward an island jetty is graphed on a coordinate grid. The graph is a straight line with a slope of -3/2. If the mainland harbor is located at point (−3, 5), which graph represents the travel path of the ferry?

Answer 1

@johnweldon1993

Answer 2

@ParthKohli

Answer 3

First step: which lines go through the point (-3,5) ? the answer will be one of those
lines

Answer 4

A and B

Answer 5

now we need the slope of each line.

Answer 6

count how many down and then how many over to get change in y and change in x

Answer 7

how ?

Answer 8

pick a spot where the line goes exactly through a point where the x/y lines cross

then count down 3 and then over 2 (that will be a slope of -3/2)
are you on the line ?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

for which choice A or B ?

Answer 11

A

Answer 12

yes. line in B will not work if you check it.