1. Find the slope of the line by counting the change in y and the change in x. (Remember, slope is rise over run).

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anonymous · Answer

attachment

anonymous · Answer

Read from left to right. Looking at the left dot and then the right dot, how much does y change? (down is negative, up is positive)

anonymous · Answer

-7

anonymous · Answer

yes. and how much does x change?

anonymous · Answer

note: if you read from left to right, your change in x will ALWAYS be positive

anonymous · Answer

2

anonymous · Answer

yes.
oops...the change in y should actually be -6. i think you just counted wrong
so the slope is -6 / 2 which simplifies to -3

anonymous · Answer

nice explaining BangkokGarrett :)

anonymous · Answer

yep I rechecked it was -6

anonymous · Answer

thank you.

anonymous · Answer

wait.....isn't it -6/1 ?

anonymous · Answer

yikes! you're correct! the change in x is 1.

anonymous · Answer

I missed that the first time I looked...lol

anonymous · Answer

so sorry for going too fast!.....here, have my medal back! lol

anonymous · Answer

I thought it would be 2?

anonymous · Answer

your only moving over to the right 1 space

anonymous · Answer

your coming down (making it negative) 6 spaces and going to the right 1 space

anonymous · Answer

making your slope -6

anonymous · Answer

oh okay I see now.